"There are thousands of children here and their feet are literally rotting, they can't keep dry, they have high fevers and they're standing in the pouring rain for days on end. You have one month guys, and then all these people will be dead".
Those were the final words of Dr Linda on the phone, a doctor that our volunteer organisations (Help Refugees and CalAid) had asked to fly out to Lesbos in response to an emergency cry for help from an overwhelmed volunteer on the ground.
You can read the rest @
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lliana-bird/refugee-crisis-lesbos_b_8388988.html
Since Greece is now one of the poorest countries in Europe, this should have been expected.
Shame on us and on the EU.
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