(AFP) More than 6,400 migrant children have entered Greece so far this year, more than four times the figure over the same period last year, the charity Save the Children said Wednesday.
One in four came without a family member, a figure three times higher than in the first half of 2023, it added.
Unaccompanied minors face harsher conditions, as they often reach migrant detention centres with “no one to bring them clothes, shoes or even a cell phone to call home and talk to their family,” the charity said.
The great majority of children — 5,580 — arrived in the country by sea via the Greek Aegean islands, while about 830 crossed the Greek-Turkish border by land.
