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Greece promises refugee transfers as camp baby photo emerges
Source: The Guardian
Greece promises refugee transfers as camp baby photo emerges
People to be moved from Macedonian border within a week after image
shows newborn being washed over bare earth
Jessica Elgot
Saturday 12 March 2016 13.56 GMT
The Greek minister for refugees has vowed to move people from a squalid camp on the Macedonian border within a week, as a photograph emerged of a baby who may have been born in one of the crowded tents.
The arresting image showed the infant being washed with a bottle of water over bare earth outside the makeshift dwellings at the Idomeni refugee camp, where more than 12,000 people are living in deteriorating conditions in the hope of crossing the Greek border.
Sarah Collis, a nurse with the charity Doctors of the World, who has been at the camp for the past two months, said there had been many women in the late stages of pregnancy in the camp but most were taken to local hospitals to give birth.
“Conditions in the camp are truly horrendous, we have not had outbreaks of particular diseases yet but young children are very vulnerable to pneumonia and dehydration from gastroenteritis. Pregnant women who might have complications might have issues getting medical help quick enough.”
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People to be moved from Macedonian border within a week after image
shows newborn being washed over bare earth
Jessica Elgot
Saturday 12 March 2016 13.56 GMT
The Greek minister for refugees has vowed to move people from a squalid camp on the Macedonian border within a week, as a photograph emerged of a baby who may have been born in one of the crowded tents.
The arresting image showed the infant being washed with a bottle of water over bare earth outside the makeshift dwellings at the Idomeni refugee camp, where more than 12,000 people are living in deteriorating conditions in the hope of crossing the Greek border.
Sarah Collis, a nurse with the charity Doctors of the World, who has been at the camp for the past two months, said there had been many women in the late stages of pregnancy in the camp but most were taken to local hospitals to give birth.
“Conditions in the camp are truly horrendous, we have not had outbreaks of particular diseases yet but young children are very vulnerable to pneumonia and dehydration from gastroenteritis. Pregnant women who might have complications might have issues getting medical help quick enough.”
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/12/refugee-camp-baby-photo-prompts-greece-transfer-promise
