Refugees and mental health: 'These people are stronger than us'

After months of fear and uncertainty, even refugees who have reached safety face a psychological battle to get back on their feet

"Some arrive and can't sleep at all. Others arrive and immediately fall asleep for days on end," says Pina Deiana, shouting from the front seat of a car clearly no stranger to the unforgiving roads of Sicily.

We're heading to a refugee support centre deep in the rugged countryside, where Deiana has her first appointment of the day. While her colleagues at Mi(C)decins Sans Frontiires (MSF) treat arrivals for everything from severe burns to injuries from violence, it is at these centres that Deiana deals with the less visible scars of the migrants' journeys. She is one of only two MSF psychologists stationed on the island, and so over-stretched that our interview can only be squeezed in during a bumpy car ride.