Because almost 70% of the population of the municipality of Finiq is of retirement age, emergencies are almost daily in this municipality.
Restrictions on crossing the border with Greece have prevented the arrival of the younger in the territory so parents and the elderly remain in public custody.
“Since the border system collapsed, the children that left that year never came back. We live only on a low pension.
Has it been hard to live alone? “It has been very difficult. We have a lot of health needs. I have been ill since before the breakdown of the system.
“I have serious heart problems. We were both treated in Filat (Greece) and we took the medicine there and we continue to take it over the border with the understanding of the pharmacies, we get someone who brings it to us home.
“You can see it every day, because it is this virus that accelerates things, whether we like it or not, but they have served us.”
“The boys have fled, left the village, looking to find work in Greece because there is no future here”.
The Municipality of Finiq decided to turn social services into a special directorate due to the special needs of 70% of its population which is elderly.
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