Currently, very little is known about the fate of unaccompanied girls. There are no specialized shelters for girl victims of trafficking (that provide higher level of security and address specific needs these girls face) nor for unaccompanied girls in general.294 Rigorous in depth research is needed to document their situation. In the course of researching this report, Human Rights Watch collected only anecdotal stories about their fate. However, practitioners who work within NGOs and are familiar with the phenomenon of child trafficking in Greece state that girls end up in sexual exploitation, including working as prostitutes in Athens.295 Human Rights Watch interviewed three unaccompanied girl children in detention who were possible trafficking victims. A 16-year-old girl from the Philippines said to us she was going to join “her aunt” in Athens to take up a job as a domestic worker.296 She later absconded from a care center jointly with a younger Somali girl. Both told staff that they had “husbands” in Athens. Ten-year-old Fatime S., an unaccompanied Somali girl, told us that she had been detained for 15 days at the Petru Ralli detention center in Athens when we met her. It was her fourth time in detention: My name is Fatime. I am 10 years old. I told the police how old I am, but they haven’t had another place for me. I was arrested at the border. I got a paper to leave in one month. I’ve been in this jail for 15 days. But before I was arrested in the airport twice and released. I am alone. I have nobody here. If they release me, I’ll just go to Omonia square. I have no one. I have been in Greece for six months. I came from the airport. 297 294 See also US State Department, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, “Trafficking in Persons Report 2008: Greece,” June 4, 2008, http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/ (accessed September 12, 2008). 295 Human Rights Watch interviews with Maria Kaldani, ARSIS, June 10, 2008; Human Rights Watch interview with Fotis Parthenidis, social worker, June 3, 2008; Human Rights Watch interview with Marina Rota, researcher, June 5, 2008. 296 Human Rights Watch interview with Gloria M., Samos, May 30, 2008. 297 Human Rights Watch interview with Fatime S., Petrou Ralli detention center, Athens, June 4, 2008. 87 Human Rights Watch December 2008