Refugee children hit hardest by Greek-Macedonian border limbo
- 8 years ago
With some 12,000 migrants massed at the Greek-Macedonian border, the most vulnerable residents of the makeshift refugee camp there are suffering the most.
Living in filth and exposed to the elements, with food and water in short supply and sanitation facilities scarce, children are falling ill – among them Hani from Iraq.
For the last two days, she has been unable to keep anything down for more than ten minutes, whether it is water, tea or food, explains her father, Hazi Mohammad.
Volunteer doctors do their best but with at least 2,500 children thought to be at the Idomeni border camp, it is a difficult task.
Child refugees & migrants suffering most from border restrictions in southeastern Europe: https://t.co/BeRkgvrcNK pic.twitter.com/SevHxWr2Tp— UNICEF (@UNICEF) 3 mars 2016
“You can clearly see that the living conditions are affecting the health of the children,” said Cecile van de Konijnenburg, a doctor with the Medecins Sans Frontieres charity.
“When it is raining a
Living in filth and exposed to the elements, with food and water in short supply and sanitation facilities scarce, children are falling ill – among them Hani from Iraq.
For the last two days, she has been unable to keep anything down for more than ten minutes, whether it is water, tea or food, explains her father, Hazi Mohammad.
Volunteer doctors do their best but with at least 2,500 children thought to be at the Idomeni border camp, it is a difficult task.
Child refugees & migrants suffering most from border restrictions in southeastern Europe: https://t.co/BeRkgvrcNK pic.twitter.com/SevHxWr2Tp— UNICEF (@UNICEF) 3 mars 2016
“You can clearly see that the living conditions are affecting the health of the children,” said Cecile van de Konijnenburg, a doctor with the Medecins Sans Frontieres charity.
“When it is raining a