Moving to Greece

The current Greek Ministry page defines material reception conditions as accommodation provided only in kind, food in kind and cash assistance for clothing, hygiene, communication, school supplies, non-prescribed medication and urban transportation. The current official pages do not state one national numeric amount; the package varies by the applicable reception conditions and no fixed EUR figure is asserted.

The official Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum page states that the Reception and Identification Service, as the responsible authority for reception, ensures the provision of reception conditions to asylum applicants. It defines the material reception package as accommodation provided in kind, food in kind and cash assistance for clothing, hygiene, communication, school supplies, non-prescribed medication and urban transportation, with special conditions for vulnerable persons. and does not generalise the package to every foreign national outside the asylum-applicant reception system.

For the first and second child, the monthly rate is EUR 70, 42 or 28 by equivalised-family-income category; for the third and each subsequent child it is EUR 140, 84 or 56. OPEKA's 2026 current application cycle confirms the scheme remains payable in 2026.

The OPEKA A21 source lists EU/EEA/Swiss citizens as eligible with five years of legal and permanent residence in Greece; it also lists recognised refugees with five years of legal and permanent residence in Greece, stateless persons with five years of legal and permanent residence in Greece and humanitarian-status holders with five years of legal and permanent residence in Greece, while other foreign citizens must have twelve years of legal and permanent residence in Greece.

The official Greek housing-policy portal states EUR 70 to EUR 210 per month depending on household composition; the page is retained as a current-state locator checked 10 August 2026 rather than claiming an unstated statutory start date.

The official Greek housing-benefit page requires an applicant to have legal and permanent residence in Greece during the last 5 or 12 years under the applicable duration rule; this public profile is limited to that source-defined residence condition.

The current official Greek programme page states EUR 216 per month for a one-person household, plus EUR 108 per additional adult and EUR 54 per minor, with a maximum guaranteed amount of EUR 972 per month.

The official Greek Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family programme page states in ‘Κριτήρια διαμονής’: ‘Ο αιτών καθώς και όλα τα μέλη της μονάδας που υποβάλλει την αίτηση πρέπει να διαμένουν νόμιμα και μόνιμα στην ελληνική επικράτεια’ (the applicant and all members of the applying household must have legal and permanent residence in Greek territory), alongside the published income, asset and household conditions.

Current DYPA staged formula after the 01.04.2026 revaluation: the statutory-minimum-wage tier publishes daily amounts EUR 28.76, 24.65, 20.55, 16.44, 12.33 and 8.22 and monthly examples EUR 719.00, 616.25, 513.75, 411.00, 308.25 and 205.50; the lower tier publishes daily EUR 19.60, 16.80, 14.00, 11.20, 8.40 and 5.60 and monthly EUR 490.00, 420.00, 350.00, 280.00, 210.00 and 140.00.

The official National Registry of Administrative Public Services defines this regular unemployment benefit as granted to ‘insured persons who are competent and available for work’, with an employment relationship that has expired or was terminated by the employer, during which they ‘paid contributions to the unemployment branch of the Public Employment Service (DYPA (former OAED))’. bounded work-status profile insured_worker_in_greece_with_dypa_unemployment_contribution_record; it does not infer nationality, residence status or migrant entitlement beyond the official insurance and work conditions.