“All our concerns at the moment are focused on the teenage girl, her health and safety, who is currently under the supervision of relevant specialists. At the same time, all necessary actions are being taken by the police and the prosecutor’s office,” the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs said. Domna Mikhailidouin his statements to journalists about the case of a 14-year-old teenager living in a hotel complex in the area of ​​Nea Smyrni.

“According to the decision of the prosecutor, he most recently removed from their abusive family and this girl was placed in child protection unit. From the first moment we were informed at the child protection unit that he received appropriate assistance from child protection specialists such as a social worker, psychologist and child psychiatrist.

In these cases, however, it takes time for the child to be helped to escape from his past and find his inner balance.

From the very beginning, the structure informed the police and the prosecutor’s office about the special risks inherent in this particular girl.

Indeed, the arrest of the three criminals became possiblethanks to the direct actions of a social worker and a child welfare inspector of an institution that did not exist, but we created it in the last two years.

The employees of the structure did not hide the problem, they immediately notified the police and collected all the necessary information so that the police, in turn, could do their job like they did.

Four years ago we did deinstitutionalization is our flag. And this is because we know all the dangers for children who are abused or neglected. I remind you that children in structures have parents. However, this either abused or neglected and, by order of the prosecutor’s office, were removed from biological families. So they suddenly find themselves in an institution. As I said, no matter how good an institution is, it is not a family.

This is why we are focusing on deinstitutionalization, this is why we have managed to get half of the children out of boarding schools, and this is why we are so adamant and insist on the rules and standards in boarding schools. No matter how well staffed institutions are, because this particular institution is more staffed than it has been in the last 15 years, no matter how well structured they are, there have been major structural changes in this particular institution, even though there is protection now. childcare manager in all institutions, one family is a problem. Therefore, we are asking for everyone’s help.”