Return of the far right: Greece’s financial crisis has led to a rise in violent attacks on refugees
BABEL > Articles by: pinged2 Return of the far right: Greece’s financial crisis has led to a rise in violent attacks on refugees Nikos Gionakis faces a similar predicament. He is the head of a mental health centre called Babel whose stated mission – until now...
AYS SPECIAL: Closed borders are damaging our mental health
BABEL > Articles by: pinged2 AYS SPECIAL: Closed borders are damaging our mental health The Babel Day Care Center team, has been worked with refugees, migrants and volunteers for years. One of them is Nikos Gionakis who in the interview with for AYS warns about the...
Experts sound alarm over mental health toll borne by migrants and refugees
BABEL > Articles by: pinged2 Experts sound alarm over mental health toll borne by migrants and refugees Nikos Gionakis, a psychologist with the Athens-based mental health unit Babel, tells the story of Hassan, 34, who fled Syria with his four children. “Passing...
Refugees in Greece. Traumas of Babel
BABEL > Articles by: pinged2 Refugees in Greece. Traumas of Babel The second instalment of Michal Pavlásek’s ‘Stories from the Babel Archipelago’, this time about the work of social and community centres in Greece.*This article is part of a five-part series,...
The Psychological Toll of Volunteering at a Refugee Camp
BABEL > Articles by: pinged2 The Psychological Toll of Volunteering at a Refugee Camp “I would cry very often. I couldn’t control my emotions.” Lazar Dimitrijevic first came to Samos, Greece, last March. The 23-year-old, who was earning his...Recent Posts
