NGOs urge authorities to enforce child-protection measures, citing violence and alarming living conditions
Greece is facing a refugee “children’s emergency” as the number of unaccompanied minors reaching the country rises and concern grows over a lack of “safe zones” to host them.
Large numbers of children arrived in 2024 along a new trafficking route from Libya to Crete, prompting NGOs to urge Greek authorities to take emergency measures that would allow children to be transferred to protected shelters or other EU member states
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/greece-refugee-children-emergency-arrivals-2024-protection
Author : Helena Smith in Athens
Publish date : 2024-12-23 07:56:39
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