GEFYRES is a bilingual support tool for refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants with little or no familiarity with the Greek language. Its purpose is to help cover basic communication needs during the first period of migrants’ stay in Greece. It allows its users:
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GEFYRES – Bilingual Refugee Support Guide
- to understand simple expressions and instructions and introduce themselves
- to express questions, problems, and demands with regards to mobility, nutrition, daily transactions, health, education, work, residence
- to read and understand simple texts, fill basic forms such as a solemn statement
It includes useful daily expressions translated into Arabic, an illustrated vocabulary, and simple practice exercises. It is accompanied by an electronic dictionary with a word search, as well as translation from Greek to Arabic and vice versa.
It was created in 2016 by the Center for the Development of Educational Policy of the General Confederation of Workers of Greece in the context of its actions to support the social integration of migrants and refugees.
Material development: Giorgos Simopoulos (Education Policy Development Center – KANEP / GSEE)
Translations: METAdrasi – Action for Migration and Development