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Story Publication logo December 11, 2018

Waiting for Shelter: Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Search for Support

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An unaccompanied minor sits in front of a migrants' shack in Marathona Village. Image by Divya Mishra. Greece, 2018.
An unaccompanied minor sits in front of a migrants' shack in Marathona Village. Image by Divya Mishra. Greece, 2018.

More than half of unaccompanied refugee minors in Greece are waitlisted for shelters. While on the waitlists, minors turn to long-settled immigrant communities for support. These immigrants are themselves marginalized and require payment in return for the support they provide minors. Without legitimate means of income, minors can become trapped in cycles of debt that make living in a children's shelter unfeasible.

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