Pregnant women are sleeping on the streets, relying on sex work and eating from bins after seeking asylum in Greece. This is the report of a team of volunteers highlighting the plight of some women at the holiday hotspot.
The Manchester -based charity, supported by former Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh, helps 22 single women and their children in Athens. They provide seven flats for the families from Cameroon, Afghanistan, Syria, the Congo, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.
Many of the women seeking help fled a horrendous situation in their homeland. Hoping for a better life, some ended up in refugee camps where they were beaten, forced to cook in sewer water and eat mouldy food out of bins.
