Aid Groups: Refugee Children and Refugee Camps

aid groups: If they managed to flee, the scars stay with them, according to Toronto Star. Stranded in unbearable living conditions in refugee camps, with the perpetual uncertainty of finding permanent homes, some of them harm themselves, try to take their own lives or use drugs to escape their misery. LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP/GETTY FILE PHOTO By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Tues., March 21, 2017 They have witnessed deaths, were hurt and sometimes recruited to fight in wars. That's the picture three recent reports by international aid groups have painted of the grim reality faced by refugee children fleeing war and unrest around the world. They become more likely to turn to negative coping strategies. Child refugees are more likely to have higher levels of behavioural or emotional problems, including aggression and other affective disorders, said a report released by Save the Children last week, titled A Tide of Self-harm and Depression, which focused on those stranded on the Greek islands. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.