Syrian teenager expresses anguish over conditions at Evros camp

The Greek chapter of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) has published a letter in which a 16-year-old Syrian boy expresses his desperation over the deplorable conditions of a migrant camp in the northern border region of Evros.

"I have tried to commit suicide three times and I am still having the same thoughts. This place is the reason I want to end my life," the unnamed teenager wrote in a letter published by MSF, in an appeal to authorities to improve conditions at the camp on the Fylakio crossing, describing how around half of its 240 steady residents are minors.

"The are living in unsuitable conditions, some for several months, with limited access to basic healthcare services," MSF Greece said in an appeal published on its website on Thursday.

"The food, for example, is terrible; dogs wouldn't eat it if we gave it to them," wrote the 16-year...