{"id":26057535,"date":"2020-07-08T07:59:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T04:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/50-children-smile-full-of-hope\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T04:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T02:34:09","slug":"50-children-smile-full-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/50-children-smile-full-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"50 children smile full of hope for their future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Two special days that filled us with joy: Yesterday, twenty-five unaccompanied children that lived in the hotspots of the islands traveled to Lisbon, the first of the 500 children that Portugal has announced will receive from Greece. Today, another twenty-five unaccompanied children fly to Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since mid-April, after the first relocations<\/a> to Germany and Luxembourg, the need to strengthen METAdrasi\u2019s Guardianship Network has emerged once again. With the relocation programme of 1,600 children from Greece to other EU countries, the key role of the Authorised Representative of unaccompanied children re-emerged<\/strong> and METAdrasi\u2019s Guardianship Network, from the 4-5 guardians supported with the valuable help from EPIM<\/a>, started to number twenty and now thirty guardians with the support of UNHCR<\/a> and the European Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

METAdrasi\u2019s team of guardians headed directly to the islands, on the front line, they rolled up their sleeves and started their work. \u201cAs soon as I entered Moria, the children started running towards me yelling in their language \u201cSarparas \u2013 Sarparas\u201d which means, guardian. I didn’t know the children, but they recognised the word “Guardianship” on my vest which, essentially for them means \u201cthe person I can rely on\u201d. I was very touched. It was one of the strongest experiences I had in the five years that I am METAdrasi\u2019s guardian<\/em>\u201d, says Sotiris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The role of METAdrasi\u2019s guardians in the relocation programme is to prepare and represent each of the approximately 800 children in total that go through the assessment interviews, ensuring their best interest. Following that, they write their recommendation in the final report, the so-called BIA (Best Interest Assessment) that they co-sign with the operator of EASO or UNHCR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the first few weeks we started many times at seven in the morning and continued until late at night, even on weekends. But despite the fatigue, the idea that some of the children would escape the hell of the hotspots, gave us strength to continue. We all did our best<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As METAdrasi\u2019s president says, \u201cThe teamwork was amazing. Apart from the dedicated METAdrasi\u2019s guardians of whom I am so proud, it is remarkable that despite the pressure and the especially difficult conditions, everyone involved, UNHCR, EASO, the executives of the RICs and the Asylum Service, the Special Secretary, they all put the quality of the process, the best interest of the children, above everything!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We wish with all our hearts for the children to find care where they will go and to feel safe in their new home! Good luck to them!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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