Asylum-Seeking Kids Locked Up in Greece

Expand Unaccompanied children line up for an evening meal at a detention facility run by the Greek police.   © 2015 Kelly Lynn Lunde Migrant and asylum-seeking children, traveling without parents or relatives far from their families and homes, are being locked up in police cells and detention centers in Greece. Last August, in response to an open letter from Human Rights Watch, Greece’s migration ministry pledged that by the end of 2017, all unaccompanied children will be placed in special shelters or safe zones. Yet, as of late December, 54 unaccompanied children were detained in so-called…

© Human Rights Watch - mardi 23 janvier 2018