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Inside Europe: Mental health emergency in Greek camps

Anthee Carassava
October 20, 2017

Overcrowding, chaos and a mental health emergency have international aid agencies concerned about what they call deteriorating living conditions at state-run refugee camps in Greece. The situation is so bad that suicide attempts, self-harm and psychotic episodes have increased by 50 percent in recent months. Anthee Carassava sent us this postcard from Athens.

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