Moria Detention Center
39.133838,26.503872
created:
N.A. (before July 2018)
last edit:
7. September 2016
Population ~6,000 as of May 2018
34% Syrian
14% Iraqi (Arabic and Kurdish)
20% Afghan (Dari / Farsi, Pashto)
8% Congolese
24% other
53% men
20% women
27% children
Main Lesvos camp for registration and processing. As of March 20, 2016, a closed camp where people are detained for 25 days after arrival, then get only enter/entrance privileges (they cannot move elsewhere unless deemed vulnerable cases, or sent to Athens for further interviews). Unaccompanied minors are kept in a separate facility inside.
As of September 2017, KEELPNO (Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention) is responsible for medical care inside.
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https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/53941 (January 2017)
https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/62505 (January 2018)
34% Syrian
14% Iraqi (Arabic and Kurdish)
20% Afghan (Dari / Farsi, Pashto)
8% Congolese
24% other
53% men
20% women
27% children
Main Lesvos camp for registration and processing. As of March 20, 2016, a closed camp where people are detained for 25 days after arrival, then get only enter/entrance privileges (they cannot move elsewhere unless deemed vulnerable cases, or sent to Athens for further interviews). Unaccompanied minors are kept in a separate facility inside.
As of September 2017, KEELPNO (Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention) is responsible for medical care inside.
---OLD DATA
https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/53941 (January 2017)
https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/62505 (January 2018)
http://maps.google.com/?q=39.133838,26.503872
active organisations:
6. September 2016
protection / work with kids | general support | Greece: Lesvos | legal / info 27. August 2016
protection / work with kids | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: North and East | Greece: Central (Athens area) | Greece: West | Greece: Islands except Lesvos | General | legal / info 29. October 2016
protection / work with kids | general support | Greece: Lesvos | General | legal / info | tech / IT | admin / coordination 17. August 2016
protection / work with kids | general support | Greece: Lesvos | food 29. October 2016
logistics / warehouses | protection / work with kids | medical / health care | general support | infrastructure | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: Central (Athens area) | admin / coordination 3. August 2017
medical / health care | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: Central (Athens area) | Greece: West 3. August 2017
protection / work with kids | medical / health care | education | general support | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: Central (Athens area) | Greece: Islands except Lesvos 7. September 2016
logistics / warehouses | protection / work with kids | general support | Greece: Lesvos | admin / coordination | food 30. May 2018
medical / health care | education | general support | Greece: Lesvos 8. June 2018
medical / health care | search and rescue | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: North and East 22. June 2018
medical / health care | Greece: Lesvos 26. June 2018
education | general support | Greece: Lesvos 26. June 2018
Greece: Lesvos | legal / info 26. June 2018
logistics / warehouses | general support | Greece: Lesvos 26. June 2018
general support | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: Central (Athens area) | food 1. July 2018
medical / health care | Greece: Lesvos 16. July 2018
general support | Greece: Lesvos 27. July 2018
Turkey: Istanbul | Other countries (outside Greece) | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: North and East | Greece: Central (Athens area) | Greece: West | Greece: Islands except Lesvos | General | Italy | legal / info
Zainabiyya Alliance for Refugees
Working in Lesvos since 2015. Mainly doing protection monitoring and legal at Moria
Moria Detention Center |protection / work with kids | general support | Greece: Lesvos | legal / info 27. August 2016
METAdrasi
Greek NGO providing translators and child protection
Moria Detention Center | Vial detention center (approx) (Chios) | Vathi Detention Center (Samos) | Lepida (Leros) | METAdrasi – Action for Migration and Development (main office) | Pyli / Linopoti (Kos) detention center |protection / work with kids | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: North and East | Greece: Central (Athens area) | Greece: West | Greece: Islands except Lesvos | General | legal / info 29. October 2016
Mercy Corps
international NGO providing support, information and a cash aid program
Moria Detention Center | Kara Tepe | Pikpa Lesvos / Village of All Together / Xorio Oli Mazi / Lesvos Solidarity |protection / work with kids | general support | Greece: Lesvos | General | legal / info | tech / IT | admin / coordination 17. August 2016
Starfish
supporting unaccompanied minors at Moria
Moria Detention Center |protection / work with kids | general support | Greece: Lesvos | food 29. October 2016
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
international NGO
Moria Detention Center | Kara Tepe | Pikpa Lesvos / Village of All Together / Xorio Oli Mazi / Lesvos Solidarity | Schisto | Moria Olive Grove |logistics / warehouses | protection / work with kids | medical / health care | general support | infrastructure | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: Central (Athens area) | admin / coordination 3. August 2017
Medecins du Monde (MDM) / Doctors of the World
medical care
Moria Detention Center | Kara Tepe | Andravidas: Kyllini (LM Village) | Filippiada (Preveza, camp. Petropoulaki) | Koutsochero (Larissa) | Medecins du Monde / Doctors of the World (MDM) (clinic and main office) |medical / health care | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: Central (Athens area) | Greece: West 3. August 2017
Samaritan's Purse
nondenominational evangelical organization providing support on Lesvos, Chios and the mainland
Moria Detention Center | Kara Tepe | Vial detention center (approx) (Chios) | Meeting Place |protection / work with kids | medical / health care | education | general support | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: Central (Athens area) | Greece: Islands except Lesvos 7. September 2016
EuroRelief
showing compassion to the suffering in Greece and in the surrounding region
Skala Sykamineas transit camp (Stage 2) | Moria Detention Center |logistics / warehouses | protection / work with kids | general support | Greece: Lesvos | admin / coordination | food 30. May 2018
Boat Refugee Foundation / Stichting Bootvluchteling (BRF)
Medical and psychosocial care
Moria Detention Center |medical / health care | education | general support | Greece: Lesvos 8. June 2018
Emergency Response Centre International (ERCI)
Greek non-profit organisation that provides emergency response and humanitarian aid in life threatening environments
Mytilini | Moria Detention Center | Kara Tepe | ERCI main office |medical / health care | search and rescue | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: North and East 22. June 2018
Health Point Foundation (HPF)
Dental support in Moria Camp Lesvos
Moria Detention Center | Kara Tepe |medical / health care | Greece: Lesvos 26. June 2018
Art Angels Relief Team
Art, Sewing, Music Refugee Community. Creating Healing Learning Empowering Spaces. Sharing knowledge, skills through Artistic expressions. Connecting
Mytilini | Moria Detention Center | Kara Tepe |education | general support | Greece: Lesvos 26. June 2018
European Lawyers in Lesvos (ELIL)
legal aid on Lesvos
Moria Detention Center |Greece: Lesvos | legal / info 26. June 2018
ActionAid Hellas
international NGO
Moria Detention Center |logistics / warehouses | general support | Greece: Lesvos 26. June 2018
Remar
Spain-based Christian relief NGO, providing general support
Moria Detention Center | Malakasa | Athens (main city pin) |general support | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: Central (Athens area) | food 1. July 2018
Midwife Pilgrim
women's health support
Moria Detention Center | Moria Olive Grove |medical / health care | Greece: Lesvos 16. July 2018
Gateways2Life
Moria Detention Center | Moria Olive Grove |general support | Greece: Lesvos 27. July 2018
Advocates Abroad
Legal and non-legal advocates for asylum seekers and refugees
Mytilini | Moria Detention Center | Thessaloniki (main city pin) | Athens (main city pin) |Turkey: Istanbul | Other countries (outside Greece) | Greece: Lesvos | Greece: North and East | Greece: Central (Athens area) | Greece: West | Greece: Islands except Lesvos | General | Italy | legal / info
room sharing:
volunteer calls:
18. February 2019
general support | Greece: Lesvos | work with kids | admin / coordination | short-term | long-term | ongoing 7. February 2019
Greece: Lesvos | drivers license | construction | long-term | welcome anytime | ongoing
SHOWERPOWER LESVOS SEEKS VOLUNTEERS AND TEAM LEADERS
ShowerPower Moria Detention Centergeneral support | Greece: Lesvos | work with kids | admin / coordination | short-term | long-term | ongoing 7. February 2019
Construction/maintenance volunteers for Moria WASH
WaterShed Moria Detention CenterGreece: Lesvos | drivers license | construction | long-term | welcome anytime | ongoing