Lack of psychological care Many of the detained migrants and asylum seekers have experienced traumatic events in their countries of origin or during the trip. They have left their familiar surroundings and are now faced with insecurity, anxiety and fear in a detention environment. Psychological counseling should therefore be considered as an integral part of the health care provided to them. This need was also raised by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.43 In Greece psychosocial support has only occasionally44 been included in the services provided to migrants and asylum seekers in detention centers. In response to this gap, MSF decided to implement a psychosocial support intervention in three detention centers: Pagani in Lesvos, Filakio in Evros and Venna in Rodopi.45 The main aim of MSF’s support was to address the psychosocial needs of asylum seekers and migrants, and to urge authorities to include psychosocial support in the health care services provided in the detention centers. MSF psychosocial support activities in Greek detention centers included: trust building and screening sessions, individual and group counseling sessions, referrals of patients to psychiatric services and play therapy sessions.46 MSF also distributed information material,47 and conducted sensitization sessions with detention centers’ staff to raise awareness regarding migrants’ psychosocial needs and the nature of MSF’s intervention. © MSF 18