“We all need to look together at what kind of restructuring we need to do so that we can prevent and not just deal with incidents such as the horrific case of a 12-year-old girl in Kolonos,” said the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection. Cases noted, referring to ERT, Domna Mikhailidou.

In addition, he stressed that “as a state, we have done something. It seems that they are not enough. We have a duty and an obligation to create such a mechanism that helps citizens to speak, hear and see above.”

As Ms. Mihaylidou emphasized, “We have child protection lines. National Center for Social Solidarity 1107. It is better to have 100 false complaints than not to testify”

“The social workers of the social services of the municipalities are obliged and carry out social research both in terms of prevention and treatment. These are the people who, together with us, are responsible for understanding and subsequently documenting, either after a complaint or ex officio cases of child abuse in the prosecutor’s office. There are often long delays due to lack of staff. There are six social workers in the municipality of Athens,” he said.

“I have already sent a letter to the Ministry of the Interior that we need more social workers. A family with eight children and on welfare needs financial support. We should automatically have a call for social workers to monitor her living conditions and whether she needs psychosocial support,” he added.

Source: ERT