Greco-Australian Steve Georganas, describing to fellow members of the Australian Parliament what he saw on a recent visit to Greece. Via neokosmos:
These soup kitchens or homeless centres are struggling to cope with demand at the moment. There are so many people out of work. The economic crisis has been cruel, especially to workers, but crueller still to older people living on very meagre pensions and those who depend on their children to support them.
