Volunteer working in Greece calls for Island to take in refugees

Saturday, 23 April 2016 00:00

A Ballaugh woman is calling on the Isle of Man to do more to help refugees whose lives are in turmoil.

Ayren-Marie Kelly has been volunteering in crisis zones since October last year - she's currently based in Athens where over 50,000 people are waiting to be relocated.

She says she's been left feeling "disheartened" after seeing first-hand the realities of the problems they are facing:

Due to his nationality the man has been rejected from the relocation programme - Ayren says it's time for other countries to sit up and take responsibility:

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