Refugee influx in the island of Lesbos

A group of Syrians resting by a spring in Sykamia village. They have been walking for half an hour from the beach and they might have to walk nine more hours to Moria where the First Reception Centre is located.Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.

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A group of Syrians resting by a spring in Sykamia village. They have been walking for half an hour from the beach and they might have to walk nine more hours to Moria where the First Reception Centre is located.Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.