Situation Update:
Unaccompanied Children (UAC) in Greece
Key Facts
17 November 2016
911
641
1394
661
704
1472
778
808
Places available
1528
808
1487
1191
1140
1047
891
826
1610
1604
1567
1586
1199
Open sites
28%
1191
Registered on the waiting list for accomodation
“ Other” i ncludes
Number of UAC placed in Protective Custody/Closed Facilities
11 July – 17 November, 2016 (based on requests by referral agents)
280
290
309
286
345
305
44
76
56
35
30
27
18
6
27
13
27
Reception and
Identification
Centers (Closed
facilities)
24%
Police Stations
(closed facilities)
0,2%
Designated UAC
spaces in Open
Sites
5%
344
254
199
67
332
325
311
pri ma rily referrals from
As yl um Servi ce and
NGOs .
368
371
Waiting list does not include referrals
of unknown location carried out
during pre-registration exercise.
Waiting list includes also separated
children.
Figures dynamically change and may
be adjusted based on verification by
1418
1482
Other
43%
1,199 Total number of UAC
on waiting list for shelter
(as of 17 November)
including:
•286 in closed reception
facilities
•2 in protective custody
4,521 Total number of UAC
referrals to EKKA from 1 Jan
to 17 Nov 2016.
Out of the total:
•4,117 boys (91%)
•404 girls (9%)
•426 <14 years old (9%)
Percentage of UAC on the waiting list by location
as of 17 November 2016
(based on requests by referral agents*)
Number of places available in UAC shelters (filled, pending assigned cases)
vs. Numbers of additional requests for placement on waiting list
11 July- 17 November 2016
2,300 Estimated number of
UAC currently in Greece
based on referrals to EKKA
(as of 17 November)
1,191 Total number of
places available in UAC
shelters (filled, pending
assigned cases as of 17 Nov.
including 124 vacant places
in the process to be filled)
National Center for Social Solidarity
*Referrals to open facilities ca rried out by referral
a gents i ncluding As ylum Servi ce, NGOs, INGOs, Public
Pros ecutors.
22
2
With support from:
Closed facilities
Protective custody
Situation Update: Unaccompanied Children (UAC) in Greece
17 November 2016
National Center for Social Solidarity
Number and Capacity of UAC Shelters
Serres
1 shelter
9 UAC capacity
Thessaloniki
4 shelters
140 UAC capacity
Key Facts
as of 17 November 2016
Alexandroupoli
2 shelters
49 UAC capacity
Volos
2 shelters
Lesvos
9 shelters
160 UAC capacity
78 UAC capacity
Patra
2 shelters
40 UAC capacity
Chios
2 shelters
45 UAC capacity
Athens
19 shelters
528 UAC capacity
Samos
2 shelters
45 UAC capacity
Crete
1 shelter
25 UAC capacity
46 Total number of
shelters for UAC (Longterm and transit).
1,191 places for UAC
accommodation in
shelters (increased from
capacity of 423 in March
2016).
130 places planned
additional capacity for
UAC including in:
•Athens
• Thessaloniki
Kos
2 shelter
72 UAC capacity
With support from:
Situation Update: Unaccompanied Children (UAC) in Greece
1 January 2016 – 31 October 2016
National Center for Social Solidarity
Number of UAC Referrals to EKKA by month*
Total UAC referrals to EKKA vs. Total UAC placed in shelters
disaggregated by Sex/Age
1 January – 31 October, 2016
768
3669
488
476
470
400
2303
333
the number for Girls < 14 includes
separated children as well as
referrals from pre-registration,
unknown location
346
395
341
302
310
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
Boys >=14 years old
August September October
Boys <14 years old
* Increase in July due to pre-registration exercise and referrals from the Asylum service
35%
34%
24%
35%
31%
27% 25%
29%
22%
18%
Afghanistan Pakistan
Iraq
55
Girls <14 years old
Placed
34%
30%
26%
Syria
101
Monthly UAC referrals to EKKA by nationality
1 January – 31 October 2016
27%
6%
203
Girls >=14 years old
Total referrals
Total number of UAC referrals to EKKA by nationality
1 January - 31 October, 2016
27%
290
199
6%
3%
3%
2%
1%
1%
Bangladesh
Algeria
Morocco
Iran
Palestine
Other
January
26%
14%
February
35%
28%
27%
30%
25%
April
17%
Syria
10%
May
33%
26%
30%
28%
25%
19%
March
32%
June
Afghanistan
July
16%
15%
August September October
Pakistan
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