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More than 800 migrants and victims of human trafficking return home from Greece

More than 800 migrants and victims of human trafficking return home from Greece

01 Feb 2013 - IOM yesterday completed a 12-month Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programme to help 851 irregular migrants from 36 countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Georgia and Ghana to return voluntarily to their countries of origin from Greece. The project, which was EUR 1.1 million funded by a European Economic Area (EEA) grant backed by Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, also helped 23 victims of human trafficking to return home. More >>