Referrals

Since the entry into force of the EU – Turkey statement in March 2016, the system for referrals in the island has changed.

All referrals go through the Multifunctional Committee, coordinated by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), which meets on a weekly basis. The different actors working in the field identify the most vulnerable cases. In the Multifunctional Committee, the different actors and improved shelters (including Lesvos Solidarity – Pikpa camp) discuss and decide on the possible transfer of people to the improved shelters. UNHCR organises the transfers to the improved shelters, according to capacity.

Referral Guidelines from Pikpa
Referrals Guidelines from Pikpa

People considered vulnerable include:

  • people with chronic disease or other serious medical conditions, who need particular medical follow-up
  • victims of torture and violence
  • victims of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV)
  • people who need to be transferred for safety reasons, such as LGBTI
  • lone men and women
  • large families with children
  • single-headed households
  • pregnant women and newborns
  • victims of shipwrecks

If you would like to refer a person to us, please contact a member of staff at UNHCR and pass on all legal and medical documents to them. If considered vulnerable, UNHCR will include them on the list, which will be discussed in the weekly Multifunctional Committees.

MOSAIK SUPPORT CENTER

 

Address

Sapfous 9, Mytilene
81100, Lesvos, Greece

 

 

ASKLIPIOS BUILDING

 

Address

Panselina Agioritou 1, Mytilene
81100, Lesvos, Greece  
Email: info@lesvossolidarity.org
Tel: (+30) 22510 62000

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