{"id":26024585,"date":"2018-07-05T08:34:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T05:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/dunja-mijatovic-visited-metadrasi\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T11:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T09:32:44","slug":"dunja-mijatovic-visited-metadrasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/dunja-mijatovic-visited-metadrasi\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovi\u0107 visited METAdrasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dunja_mijatovic_metadrasi.jpg\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" title=\"Metadrasi -\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"q_3x99lugku b_3x99lqift clearfix\">\n<div class=\"clearfix h_3x99luew7\">\n<div class=\"clearfix _42ef\">\n<div class=\"o_3x99luew0\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"_6a _5u5j\">\n<div class=\"_6a _5u5j _6b\">The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovi\u0107, visited METAdrasi&#8217;s office in Athens, during her five-day visit to Greece.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<div id=\"u_0_13\">\n<div class=\"_4p64\">\n<div class=\"_3-95\">\n<div class=\"_5pcq uiPopover _6a\">\nShe was informed by METAdrasi&#8217;s team about our activities regarding interpretation, protection of vulnerable groups, <a href=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/our-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">education and integration<\/a>, including our innovative initiatives for <a href=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/campaigns\/guardianship-of-unaccompanied-minors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardianship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/campaigns\/foster-care-for-unaccompanied-separated-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foster Care<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/campaigns\/supported-semi-independent-living-for-unaccompanied-minors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semi Independent Living for Unaccompanied Minors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She also had the opportunity to discuss with refugees and migrants that are supported by METAdrasi. In this context, she met victims of torture, beneficiaries of the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/campaigns\/stepping-stone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stepping Stone<\/a>&#8221; integration activity, as well as unaccompanied teenagers that are hosted at METAdrasi&#8217;s Semi Independent Living appartment (photo).<\/p>\n<p>According to her own words: \u201cThe recent adoption of a law on foster care is a positive step and I look forward to its implementation in practice. A rapid transfer of children who are entitled to family reunification elsewhere in Europe would also help address this worrying situation. I also encourage the authorities to develop alternative care arrangements, such as the semi-independent living programme run by the NGO METAdrasi, some of whose beneficiaries I met\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We thank Commissioner Mijatovi\u0107 for her interest in our work and share with you her statement: \u201cIt is high time that all member states of the Council of Europe united around its foundational values and address this issue in a spirit of collective responsibility and solidarity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>You may find the whole article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/commissioner\/-\/greece-immediate-action-needed-to-protect-human-rights-of-migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/Dunja-Mijatovi\u0107-visited-METAdrasi\">The Council of Europe&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":387674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,1],"tags":[],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-26024585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26024585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26024585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26024585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26024585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26024585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26024585"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=26024585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}