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Syrian sentenced for abuse of son in refugee camp on Chios island in Greece

Xinhua, December 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

A 32-year-old Syrian asylum seeker who was arrested on Wednesday for the abuse of his three-year-old son at a refugee camp on Chios island was sentenced on Friday to five years imprisonment.

The unprecedented cased shocked Greek society when a video of the man beating the toddler inside the camp's showers circulated on social media.

According to the police investigation, the man had filmed the abuse of his son and sent the footage to his wife who is in Turkey with their other child to blackmail her to reach Greece.

The flow of refugees and migrants crossing the Aegean Sea has dramatically shrunk since March when the EU-Turkey deal aimed to curb the influx was launched.

However, hundreds keep risking their lives on boats provided by smugglers on Turkey's shores, seeking refuge to Europe.

With orders of the Chios Prosecutor, the boy has been handed over to a non-government organization taking care of unescorted refugee children. Endit