JULY 2024
When we arrived at Ritsona, it was very
the but
first
we didn’t
My children cold.
go to For
school
at night
the same
have
didn’t
time, they live
in clothes,
the camp we
which
is have
mattresses,
blankets, bedsheets,
extremely
difficult.
nothing
There is a psychologist
but we
My children go to school but at the
can’t communicate
same time, they live in the camp
We are about seven people sharing a container
We don’tdifficult.
have access
which is extremely
We went aor
few times to the a
to legal support
s is like a very bad
to translators whocomplain about th
w times to
the administration to complain
prison
This speak
isnot
like
a very bad
our not
language
not working, like the kitchen
working
working, like the kitch
All these holes, lots of insects come
prison
oms.
We wereeven
demeaned
and spoken down to a
I can’t
let my
in from here. The conditions are
lot by the administration
terrible.or the bathrooms. We were dem
ren go to the toilet alone, I
down to a lot by the adm
have to accompany them.
Voices from the Camps:
Living Conditions and Access to Services in
Refugee Camps on the Greek Mainland
Evidence of the failure to provide adequate material reception
conditions to asylum seekers in Greece