Finland has agreed to take one hundred unaccompanied refugee children from camps in Greece and another 30 adult refugees and migrants in the framework of family reunification.
This was agreed during a telephone conversation between Deputy Minister of Migration Giorgos Koumoutsakos and Finnish Interior Minister Olly-Poika Parviainen on Wednesday.
According to a statement issued by the Migration Ministry, the relocation will start in the upcoming weeks and conclude at the end of May.
The relocation of children to Finland is part of a European plan to relocate 1,600 unaccompanied minors to European Union member states.
Mid April and amid the pandemic, a total of 62 unaccompanied minors left the camps on Greek islands for a better life Germany and Luxembourg.
