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Received: 15 September 2017

Accepted: 16 February 2018

First Online: 13 March 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Study participants provided verbal informed consent for participation and audio-recording of IDIs and FGDs. For participants willing to participate but refusing to be recorded, interviews were conducted without recording. Participants were assigned a unique study identification number to ensure confidentiality and anonymity, with study documents stored under lock and key, accessible only to select study staff. The protocol was approved by the ethical committees of the National School of Public Health in Greece (ref: 3411/02.03.2017) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (ref: 12033). The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration [CitationRef removed] and the EU guidance note on research on refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants [CitationRef removed].

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