A chance for a better future: Supported independent living and the protection of unaccompanied children in Greece

Joint NGO policy brief highlighting the need for urgent action to prevent the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum from failing unaccompanied children at Europe’s borders.

The IRC joined 65 human rights and humanitarian organisations calling on European governments to proceed immediately with the emergency relocation of unaccompanied children from the Reception and Identification Centres (RICs) on the Greek islands, with no discrimination, giving precedence to existing family links and the best interests of the child.

The IRC and other civil society organisations call on the Greek State to establish a special residence permit for unaccompanied children.

A 16-year-old Afghan boy in Greece hopes to be reunited with his brother in Germany. Illustrator Ada Jusic brings Ali's story to life.