Around 1,200 unaccompanied children are trapped on Greek islands without access to proper legal help. NGOs are demanding that the EU help them
Those who cannot get access to proper accommodation have to make do sleeping rough.
The conditions have led to incidents of self-harm and attempted suicide among children, according to psychologists working with the refugees.Arriving on the island of Lesvos by rubber dinghy, asylum seekers walk along a dirt road towards the town of Eftalou. At the time this photo was taken, more than 3,000 asylum-seekers arrived per day, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Conditions for asylum seekers in and around Moria camp, Lesvos have only worsened since then.
“A child under 15 needs consent from a guardian to access legal support. But many children have no guardian, and no way to get the help they need.
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