FXB Work-in-Progress: “The dog lives in a home. How come we live in tents?” The migrant child storytelling project

For the last three years, humanitarian psychiatrist Dr. Lynne Jones has been working with migrant children from around the world, who are living in Greece, Italy, France, Mexico, and Belize. She has created storytelling workshops in which children are encouraged to express themselves in any medium they choose: photography, film, drawing, words or a combination. The results are exhibited locally with children selecting their own contributions, which are also displayed…

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New Report: Emergency Within an Emergency, Exploitation of Migrant Children in Greece

For Immediate Release Monday, April 17, 2017 Boston Emergency within an Emergency: The Growing Epidemic of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Migrant Children in Greece Much public attention and heartache have been focused on the severe impact of the refugee and migration crisis on children. Images of toddlers drowned and washed up ashore, babies rescued from terrifying journeys, teenagers camping in bitter cold have been widely disseminated. An equally grave…

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