United Nations refugee agency and EU’s Echo aid department accused of failing to properly ‘winterise’ camps The UN refugee agency and the EU’s aid department have been accused by other aid groups of mismanaging a multimillion-pound fund earmarked for the most vulnerable refugees in Europe, leaving thousands sleeping in freezing conditions in Greece. The Greek government, which has ultimate jurisdiction over camp activities, has also been criticised for failing to use nearly €90m (£75m) of separate EU funding to adequately improve conditions at the camps before the onset of winter. No single actor has overall control of all funding and management decisions in the camps, allowing most parties to distance themselves from blame. Related: Please help us help #childrefugees survive the winter - Guardian/Observer 2016 Appeal Related: 'Prisoners of Europe': the everyday humiliation of refugees stuck in Greece Related: Secret aid worker: Greece has exposed the aid community's failures Related: Help Refugees: 'We will never abandon them' Continue reading...
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