Welcome to Idomeni, the unofficial home to about 10,000 of the 54,000 refugees trapped in Greece tod
Welcome to Idomeni, the unofficial home to about 10,000 of the 54,000 refugees trapped in Greece today.Refugees huddle over their mobile phones ringing the Skype number they have been told to use to register for possible relocation elsewhere in Europe, but they never get an answer.Two Afghan sisters pass fearful nights inside another train where they say men knock on the door at all hours. “We don’t feel safe,” they tell me.The Greek government is urging people at Idomeni to voluntarily relocate to one of about 30 official camps set up around Greece.But, few want to go. After making the arduous journey to Greece, there’s little appeal to staying in a remote camp with marginal facilities in a country which is itself in economic crisis.Read the full story here.(photos: Jodi Hilton) -- source link
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