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Horrible Scars and Young Children

: The chaos in these camps had a violent origin, according to National Observer. It also had a human consequence. Another Afghan showed me horrible scars from torture at the hands of the Taliban. Young children ran into your arms; small human drones seeking adult targets, unconsciously recognizing that their own parents were too traumatized by violence, or by their flight from catastrophe, to fulfill a patient, and peaceful, parenting role. As a response to this misery, international volunteers, like my family, continuously swirl through Greek refugee camps, trying to help. Some kids were terribly neglected: infants crawling alone in tents, smeared in feces; toddlers wandering onto the highway, hugging teddy bears on the centre white line; and bands of rogue boys, opening doors of moving cars as startled visitors drove through the camp. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.