The number of unaccompanied migrant children held in unsuitable police cells and detention centres in Greece has increased alarmingly, the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter, published on Wednesday 2 August, to Greek Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas.
According to the National Centre for Social Solidarity, a Greek governmental body, as of 19 July 2017, an estimated 117 children were in police custody awaiting transfer to a shelter, in sharp contrast to November 2016, when...