started bleeding. It was a very sunny day and I worked in the sun all day…. There was no protection against the sun.”267 Living in substandard, overcrowded, poorly heated and unhygienic conditions jointly with adults, poses security and health risks for unaccompanied children. Unaccompanied children interviewed by Human Rights Watch who were employed on plantations stayed with other workers in often filthy accommodation provided by their employers, in some cases paying excessive rents. Yusuf K. described how 30 persons had to share a single toilet and as many as 60 persons stayed in one room, where they slept, ate, and stayed whenever weather conditions didn’t permit outdoor work. For that place, the owner collected 90 Euros monthly rent from each person, which adds up to around 5,000 Euros.268 All persons interviewed by Human Rights Watch said that numerous underage boys were living and working in such conditions. Fifteen-year-old Aktar P. recalled picking oranges in Argos: They kept in each room 10 persons together. The room was…. about 12 square meters. We paid one Euro per night. There was a mattress but no blanket and no sheet. My friend had a blanket and we slept the two of us under one blanket…. The room was not clean because there was no place for shoes and we ate and slept in the same room. We had one toilet for all [37 persons]. The toilet was in the garden, without roof and no running water.269 Work Hours and Payment Work hours and payment for children interviewed by Human Rights Watch varied on the type of sector they worked in. Common to all children was that wages were below the minimum wages prescribed by law. Sometimes children were paid as little as 30 percent of the minimum salary for a day’s work.270 267 Human Rights Watch interview with Arif L., Athens, June 4, 2008. 268 Human Rights Watch interview with Yusuf K., Athens, May 23, 2008. 269 Human Rights Watch interview with Aktar P., Athens, June 6, 2008. 270 The minimum salary in Greece for the year 2008 is 30.40 Euros per day and 680.59 Euros per month. National general collective bargaining agreement for the years 2008-2009, January 1, 2008, http://www.kepea.gr/uplds/File/egsee20082009.pdf (accessed August 22, 2008), art. 1(b), p. 11. 81 Human Rights Watch December 2008