Greece’s Migration & Asylum Ministry has submitted a technical report to the European Commission requesting funding for the extension of the two-month hotel accommodation program for migrants granted refugee status, the ministry said on Thursday.
A total of 2,504 people who have been granted refugee status have so far been accommodated through the program, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The number of accommodations (mostly hotels) is shrinking, IOM said: from 50 hotels housing 5,500 individuals in Dec. 2020 to 25 housing nearly 3,300 in Jan. 2021, down to the current 5 hotels housing 1,000 people.
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