UNHCR chief on 3-day visit to Athens
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
The UN high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, will start a three-day visit to Athens on Tuesday to assess the humanitarian needs of the refugees and migrants hosted in Greece and find ways to help the country tackle the issue.
Grandi will meet with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and members of the cabinet. He will also visit refugee centers in Attica and central Macedonia to meet with asylum seekers and representatives of local authorities, civil society and other partners involved in managing the refugee flows.
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