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| Picture from the same article: The Greek coastguard rescued a boatload of more than 300 migrants in the sea near Crete on Monday 31 March 2014. But many detained migrants face hellish conditions in Greece. Photograph: ZUMA/REX |
Médecins Sans
Frontières reveals outbreaks of scabies and TB and human waste seeping through
the floor.
Migrants and
asylum-seekers detained in Greece are being forced to endure deplorable
conditions, often with devastating effects on their health, according to a
report from aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Doctors who have attended internment camps, police stations and coastguard facilities around the country described "a living hell" for thousands of immigrants denied fresh air, natural light and basic sanitation.
Doctors who have attended internment camps, police stations and coastguard facilities around the country described "a living hell" for thousands of immigrants denied fresh air, natural light and basic sanitation.
In one detention camp in Komotini, not far from the Turkish border, medics saw human excrement seeping through cracked pipes between the building's floors.
