Funded by the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and implemented by CRS and Caritas Athens. The project concerns the provision of financial aid to applicants for international protection on a monthly basis through a prepaid card, in addition to housing and food where provided. These provisions aim to meet the basic needs of the applicants as well as fulfill the state's obligation to provide material reception conditions in accordance with existing national and European legislation.

Beneficiaries are adults seeking international protection who live in camps, housing programs of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, hotels and hospitality centers operated by international organizations, legal entities under public law, local authorities, as well as entities registered in the Greek and international non-governmental organization’s registry of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.

Key activities under the project include printing, distributing, activating and loading the prepaid cards, providing an easy-to-use process for declaration of lost or theft, blocked cards and replacement requests, operating the telephone helpline and distributing relevant printed material in languages understood by the beneficiaries.

Thanks to generous funding from UNHCR, CRS and partner Caritas Hellas provide in-person and remote support to link eligible participants with job opportunities in Greece. Recognizing the challenges asylum-seekers and refugees face to access safe and dignified livelihoods opportunities even after their residency in the country, CRS and Caritas have launched a portal to expand job matching across Greece.

Thanks to generous support from International Organization for Migration (IOM), CRS partners with Caritas Hellas and Caritas Athens to provide refugees with support for safe and dignified accommodation in Greece. In addition to receiving monthly rental subsidies, CRS, Caritas Hellas and Caritas Athens offer integration courses in two learning centers – one in Athens and another in Tripoli. Families displaced from Ukraine are also eligible for the project.

In partnership with Caritas Athens and ELIX, CRS supports children who currently live in Athens to build essential Greek language skills, increase their active participation in school, and facilitate their integration into Greek society. Caregivers receive support to better meet their children’s psychosocial needs and support their engagement in academic activities. The child-centric “Mikros Kosmos” project operates a learning center that provides daily Greek language, homework support and psychosocial activities for children ages 6-15 after school.