Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Save the children and the Greek NGO Praksis, raise the alarm over the situation of the unaccompanied minors in Greece, expressing their serious concern about the approximately 1.500 children from conflict-torn and violence-ridden countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan currently in waiting list for placement in suitable accommodation centers.
According to an advocacy note jointly issued by the three organisations, there is an important number of children among the about 60.000 asylum seekers currently stranded in Greece who have arrived without a parent or guardian and live in deplorable conditions together with adult populations in camps across the Greek mainland or are held under “protective” detention in hotspots, pre-removal centers and police stations.
Unaccompanied children, according to the Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of the 26th June 2013 on common standards for the reception of applicants f
