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More Than 1,200 Unaccompanied Child Refugees Waiting for Suitable Accommodations

feeding MigrantsMore than 1,200 unaccompanied child refugees are on waiting lists for a place in suitable accommodations, an associate of the migration policy ministry Alkis Souliotis said on Friday, at an event organized by the “Doctors of the World” in Athens.  In total, about 2,500 unaccompanied children live among the 62,000 refugees and migrants who remain in Greece, with 286 of those living in closed detention centers and another two locked up in police stations, Souliotis said.
Additionally, another 524 unaccompanied minors arrived in Greece from August to October this year while, by November 6, only 205 had been accepted for relocation to another European country. In general, it takes more than 11 months to achieve a family reunion with the child’s relatives, he said.
“The absence of structures for unaccompanied children is a big shortcoming on the side of the state,” he admitted and added: “The need creates a different reality from what the traditional methods can resolve and we believe that we must become more inventive.”
Souliotis also said that there has been a large increase of refugees and migrants who claim to be minors and are transferred into specialized accommodations as it is difficult to verify the age. However, if they are not underage, they could pose a threat to the other children, he noted.
(source: ana-mpa)

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