Near Greece's Socrates' Prison, circa 2013 ~Homeless People

Homeless People Living in Caves By Maria Arkouli on October 12, 2013

After a journey on the streets and mountains of Attica, the reporters of Euronews found a shocking number of homeless people living in mountain caves due to the prolonged crisis in Greece over the last 5 years.

The journalists spoke with homeless people like Georgia Maϊmanoglou, 66, who lives in a  shack. She used to work as a cleaning lady, and while talking to the journalist said that if she finds a job again,  she just wants a room for her and her companion. “I found food from the rubbish at the market today as do entire families.” she says, “I am not the first or last to live like this.”

Mathaios Monselas, 58, lived in a cave near the Prison of Socrates on the Filopappos Hill, but left because of the rats. Now he is living out of a tent. He’s well-known in Greece for serving 12 years in prison for murder with the victim’s consent. He said: “In a cave you’re sheltered from the cold. It’s better than living on a bench or on the street, but it’s still a miserable side of life.”

http://greekreporter.com/