ATHENS, Greece >> A medical charity working in Greece says it has diagnosed six young children living in a migrant facility on the eastern Aegean island of Samos as suffering from malnutrition, the first time its doctors have made such a diagnosis since the facility opened in 2021.

The Greek section of Doctors Without Borders said Monday its staff had diagnosed the children with moderate to severe acute malnutrition and in need of immediate medical intervention.

“Children make up about 25% of the (camp’s) population, yet pediatric care remains insufficient, not only within the center but on the entire island of Samos,” MSF Greece’s Director General Christina Psarra said in a news release.

— The Associated Press