Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, last week met refugees benefitting from pioneering EU-funded accommodation programmes run by Unhcr, the Un Refugee Agency, on the Greek island of Crete.
Prince of Wales meets refugees staying in Unhcr rented apartments on the Greek island of Crete
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The Prince visited the village of Archanes on the slopes of Mount Giouhtas and also met local dignitaries and staff from the Heraklion Development Agency (Hda), which is implementing the European Union-supported Estia (Home) accommodation and cash assistance programme for Unhcr in Crete.
Unhcr Representative in Greece Philippe Leclerc and Hda Refugee Project Director Dimitra Kampeli briefed the Prince on the accommodation programme, which has benefitted more than 45,000 refugees and asylum seekers across Greece since it was launched by Unhcr in early 2016. More than 800 people have benefitted from Estia in Crete, where there are 150 apartments in Heraklion,...
Prince of Wales meets refugees staying in Unhcr rented apartments on the Greek island of Crete
Credit/Copyright: Unhcr/Socrates Baltagiannis
The Prince visited the village of Archanes on the slopes of Mount Giouhtas and also met local dignitaries and staff from the Heraklion Development Agency (Hda), which is implementing the European Union-supported Estia (Home) accommodation and cash assistance programme for Unhcr in Crete.
Unhcr Representative in Greece Philippe Leclerc and Hda Refugee Project Director Dimitra Kampeli briefed the Prince on the accommodation programme, which has benefitted more than 45,000 refugees and asylum seekers across Greece since it was launched by Unhcr in early 2016. More than 800 people have benefitted from Estia in Crete, where there are 150 apartments in Heraklion,...
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