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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

'A mental health emergency': no end to trauma for refugees on Lesbos

Mental health problems are spiralling among adults and children at ‘Moria 2:0’ camp as winter sets in and security tightens Nadia hasn’t slept. The mother of five spent last night trying to soothe her seven-year-old son, Matin, who is autistic, while heavy rain fell on the family’s tent. He was crying and asking for the noise to stop. “I tried to explain to him that the rain is not in our control,” she says, “but in these moments, you can’t reach him any more.” The family, originally from Parwan province in Afghanistan, are living in the new refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos that was built in three days, after the fire that razed to the ground parts of the infamous Moria camp. Continue reading...


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