--- title: Game of Thrones Cast Visits Syrian Refugees in Greece description: Following Sunday's season six finale, the Game of Thrones cast spent the week meeting with Syrian refugees in Greece. canonical: https://time.com/4391768/game-of-thrones-cast-visits-syrian-refugees-greece/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-01T18:14:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:01.128Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Game of Thrones Cast Visits Syrian Refugees in Greece og:description: "These smart, hardworking people want to go home" og:url: https://time.com/4391768/game-of-thrones-cast-visits-syrian-refugees-greece/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones Cast Visits Syrian Refugees in Greece twitter:description: "These smart, hardworking people want to go home" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _Game of Thrones_ Cast Visits Syrian Refugees in Greece  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 1, 2016 6:14 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 1, 2016 6:14 PM UTC Following Sunday’s season six finale of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4389436/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen-marriage/), [Lena Headey](http://time.com/4383561/game-of-thrones-cersei-lena-headey/) (Cersei Lannister), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth) spent the week meeting with [Syrian refugees](http://time.com/4116619/syrian-refugees-screening-process/) on behalf of the [International Rescue Committee](https://www.rescue.org/). After speaking firsthand with a few of the tens of thousands currently stranded in Greece, the three actors are advocating for the European Union to reconsider its [March agreement with Turkey](http://time.com/4250833/eu-turkey-migrant-deal-greece/), a deal that forces migrants to apply for asylum in the “safe third country” before they are allowed to travel there. > [](https://twitter.com/theIRC/status/748535227715198976) “These smart, hardworking people want to go home,” Headey said in a statement, [according to _Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/01/game-thrones-cast-syrian-refugee). “They want to return to their communities and to their neighborhoods. They want their children to continue their education. They want to continue their university and they are stuck. They’re stuck. And they’re unbelievably sad. Understandably. We can do better for them. We must do better for them.” > [](https://twitter.com/IAMLenaHeadey/status/748588485464850432) > [](https://twitter.com/IAMLenaHeadey/status/748590922762379265) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4391768/game-of-thrones-cast-visits-syrian-refugees-greece/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4391768/game-of-thrones-cast-visits-syrian-refugees-greece/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Cast Visits Syrian Refugees in Greece","datePublished":"2016-07-01T18:14:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:01.128Z","description":"\"These smart, hardworking people want to go home\"","url":"https://time.com/4391768/game-of-thrones-cast-visits-syrian-refugees-greece/","keywords":["celebrities","Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Syrian refugees","TV","Maisie Williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4391768/game-of-thrones-cast-visits-syrian-refugees-greece/","name":"Game of Thrones Cast Visits Syrian Refugees in Greece"}}]}] ```