Hunger strike…
An Iranian refugee, referred to only as Hamid, who had been protesting in front of the Athens offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the last two weeks is lifted onto a stretcher yesterday before being taken to the hospital. He and a compatriot went on hunger strike on July 28 after their asylum applications were rejected. Giorgos Tsarbopoulos, head of the Athens UNHCR office, has said the UN refugee agency would resume its role in assessing asylum applications if the government re-establishes appeal committees.
