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  • Kurdish refugee children, Youssef, 14, and Diar, 13, standing in a window at the abandoned Lepida psychiatric hospital, in whose grounds the Leros ‘Hot spot’ (an EU-run migrant’s reception centre) has been built. <br />
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Originally constructed, in 1930 by fascist Italy, as barracks for Italian soldiers serving in the aeronautical base of Portolago, it was then, for a short period after WWII, a re-education camp for the children of Greek Communists. In 1958, it was converted into the biggest psychiatric hospital in the country. The conditions for the patients were horrific and it was shut down in the late 1980s and the patients moved into smaller buildings in the grounds and elsewhere on the island.
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  • Kurdish refugee children, Youssef, 14, and Diar, 13, standing in a window at the abandoned Lepida psychiatric hospital, in whose grounds the Leros ‘Hot spot’ (an EU-run migrant’s reception centre) has been built. <br />
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Originally constructed, in 1930 by fascist Italy, as barracks for Italian soldiers serving in the aeronautical base of Portolago, it was then, for a short period after WWII, a re-education camp for the children of Greek Communists. In 1958, it was converted into the biggest psychiatric hospital in the country. The conditions for the patients were horrific and it was shut down in the late 1980s and the patients moved into smaller buildings in the grounds and elsewhere on the island
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  • Pupil in the elementary school of Kalivia. There are 11 abandoned classrooms in the school, the twelfth serves the school.
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  • The abandoned kindergarden of Vrontero village, Greece
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  • The yard of the now abandoned kindergarden of Vrontero village, Greece
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  • The abandoned Church of Agios Mamas in Naxos island,  Cyclades, Greece. <br />
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Located in a valley in the middle of the island, in the Potamia region, the Byzantine church that dates from the 9th century once served as the Orthodox Cathedral of Naxos. After 1207 when the island was under Venetian control the church was turned into a Roman Catholic Chapel.
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  • The abandoned Church of Agios Mamas in Naxos island,  Cyclades, Greece. <br />
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Located in a valley in the middle of the island, in the Potamia region, the Byzantine church that dates from the 9th century once served as the Orthodox Cathedral of Naxos. After 1207 when the island was under Venetian control the church was turned into a Roman Catholic Chapel.
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  • The abandoned Church of Agios Mamas in Naxos island,  Cyclades, Greece. <br />
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Located in a valley in the middle of the island, in the Potamia region, the Byzantine church that dates from the 9th century once served as the Orthodox Cathedral of Naxos. After 1207 when the island was under Venetian control the church was turned into a Roman Catholic Chapel.
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  • Square in Argirokastro / Gjirokastër
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  • Kalivia. Chair in the corridor of the school.
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  • Aliko. The statue of a girl with a broken nose. The teachers told me that BEFORE there was a beautiful garden, the pride of the village.
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  • Livadia, school. A disected hare. When I photographed this display the director of the school asked for a huge amount of money. He said that no one outside Albania has ever seen such a thing. He chased me through the village.
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  • Theologos, Health centre. I asked three men about this building. The first one told me that the Italians built it as a hospital, after the war the secret police used it as an interrogation place, many people were tortured there.  The second one told me that it was built as a school by a rich Greek from Egypt in the 1930’s. During the Italian occupation the fascists were torturing the Partizans there. <br />
The third man told me that it was built by Enver Hoxha and it served always as a health centre.
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  • Examilia. Most of the products come from Greece. The village has orange groves but oranges were rotting in the ground.
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  • On the top of the Ottoman castle in Argirokastro /Gjirokaster. The metal structure was the main stage for the Albanian folklore festival.
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  • Droviani.  Main hall in a cultural centre, build in 1967 the year when Albania proclaimed itself the first atheist state in the world. Cultural centres built usually in place of churches  in an attempt to replace religion with Marxism. After the collapse of communism, people returned to churches and abolished the cultural centres.
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  • Koulouritsa. Almost everyone told me that the worst thing during communism wasn’t poverty, lack of infrastructure or the isolation from the rest of the world, it was the fear of speaking freely even to your own children
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  • Droviani, cultural centre. BEFORE bottles were precious and people collected them.
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  • Cultural centre, Droviani.
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  • Ayii Saranta. Hospital room.
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  • This is the central square in Divri on my first visit to the village; on the left was a cultural centre, built in 1967 above  the  church, then demolished for the rebuilt church. The plan was to build a bell tower higher than the communist memorial.
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  • The office of the headmaster of the agricultural college of Grava. The only room with window glass  and curtains.
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  • Grava agricultural college. In 1989 there were 500 students, some of them boarders.
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  • Livadia. Biology class display.
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  • Sminetsi. When the school was closed  the teachers tidied up the place. The bunny was humanitarian aid from Greece;  now it holds the maps.
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  • Cinema complex build in the early 1980's for the high-ranking party members in the resort of Examilia. After the collapse of communism, the place was looted. The man was the projectionist.
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  • Ayii Saranta. The drug cabinet in the paediatric clinic of Ayii Saranta. Despite the lack of modern medicine and equipment, the clinic was clean and tidy and I could not see any dust at all on the glass shelves.
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  • Yazidi refugees Hazim Elias Khadeda 22  and his sister Leena Elias Khadeda  16 photographed in front of the abandoned building of the Royal Technical School of Leros.<br />
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This building was built in the 1930 by Fascist Italy as barack for the submarine crews stationed in the island. After WWII it  was turned into a a reeducation camp for the children of Greek Communists and into a technical school. From the mid 1950’s until 1967 it was a technical school with boarding facilities. During the Colonel’s Junta in Greece it was turned into a camp for members of the communist party. After the Junta it was abandoned and now it’s about to collapse.
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  • Yazidi refugees Hazim Elias Khadeda 22  and his sister Leena Elias Khadeda  16 photographed in front of the abandoned building of the Royal Technical School of Leros.<br />
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This building was built in the 1930 by Fascist Italy as barack for the submarine crews stationed in the island. After WWII it  was turned into a a reeducation camp for the children of Greek Communists and into a technical school. From the mid 1950’s until 1967 it was a technical school with boarding facilities. During the Colonel’s Junta in Greece it was turned into a camp for members of the communist party. After the Junta it was abandoned and now it’s about to collapse.
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  • Diar, a 13 year old Syrian Kurd, stands in the ruins of the abandoned Lepida psychiatric hospital. <br />
<br />
Originally constructed, in 1930 by fascist Italy, as barracks for Italian soldiers serving in the aeronautical base of Portolago, it was then, for a short period after WWII, a re-education camp for the children of Greek Communists. In 1958, it was converted into the biggest psychiatric hospital in the country. The conditions for the patients were horrific and it was shut down in the late 1980s and the patients moved into smaller buildings in the grounds and elsewhere on the island.
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  • Refugees Diar, 13, Rebas, 9, Youssef, 14, Naswan, 5, and Kosh, 48, sitting in a room in the abandoned Lepida psychiatric hospital in whose grounds the Leros ‘Hot spot’ (an EU-run migrant’s reception centre)  has been built. <br />
<br />
Originally constructed, in 1930 by fascist Italy, as barracks for Italian soldiers serving in the aeronautical base of Portolago, it was then, for a short period after WWII, a re-education camp for the children of Greek Communists. In 1958, it was converted into the biggest psychiatric hospital in the country. The conditions for the patients were horrific and it was shut down in the late 1980s and the patients moved into smaller buildings in the grounds and elsewhere on the island.
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  • Diar, a 13 year old Syrian Kurd, stands in the ruins of the abandoned Lepida psychiatric hospital. <br />
<br />
Originally constructed, in 1930 by fascist Italy, as barracks for Italian soldiers serving in the aeronautical base of Portolago, it was then, for a short period after WWII, a re-education camp for the children of Greek Communists. In 1958, it was converted into the biggest psychiatric hospital in the country. The conditions for the patients were horrific and it was shut down in the late 1980s and the patients moved into smaller buildings in the grounds and elsewhere on the island.
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  • Bed frames in the medical tent at Villa Artemis, a shelter for 30 refugee women and their children in the grounds of Leros Hospital. <br />
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Opened in September 2015, the shelter was run by the Leros Solidarity Network. However, Villa Artemis was closed down shortly after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016. The medical tent was opened just three days before the villa was abandoned.
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  • An abandoned deer soft toy lying on top of a stack of mattresses in Villa Artemis, a shelter for 30 refugee women and their children in the grounds of Leros Hospital. <br />
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Opened in September 2015, the shelter was run by the Leros Solidarity Network. However, Villa Artemis was closed down shortly after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016.
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  • Bed frames in the medical tent at Villa Artemis, a shelter for 30 refugee women and their children in the grounds of Leros Hospital. <br />
<br />
Opened in September 2015, the shelter was run by the Leros Solidarity Network. However, Villa Artemis was closed down shortly after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016. The medical tent was opened just three days before the villa was abandoned.
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  • Discarded UNHCR prayer mats in an abandoned building at a now-closed refugee camp at the port of Lakki.<br />
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The camp was opened by volunteers in the summer of 2015 and later that year UNHCR and MSF expanded it and provided additional tents, toilets and other facilities. The camp was closed soon after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016.
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  • Abandoned plastic pre-fab huts in the former refugee camp in the port of Lakki.  In the background the old Italian navy barracks.<br />
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The camp was opened by volunteers in the summer of 2015 and later that year UNHCR and MSF expanded it and provided additional tents, toilets and other facilities. The camp was closed soon after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016.
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  • 14 month old Yazidi girl Asma Aisam Ismail outside the abandoned Lepida psychiatric hospital in whose grounds the Leros ‘Hot spot’ (an EU-run migrant’s reception centre) has been built. Her mother, Torko Haji Khalaf, 21, picks figs in the background. <br />
<br />
Originally constructed, in 1930 by fascist Italy, as barracks for Italian soldiers serving in the aeronautical base of Portolago, it was then, for a short period after WWII, a re-education camp for the children of Greek Communists. In 1958, it was converted into the biggest psychiatric hospital in the country. The conditions for the patients were horrific and it was shut down in the late 1980s and the patients moved into smaller buildings in the grounds and elsewhere on the island.
    42_160601_396.jpg
  • An abandoned deer soft toy lying on top of a stack of mattresses in Villa Artemis, a shelter for 30 refugee women and their children in the grounds of Leros Hospital. <br />
<br />
Opened in September 2015, the shelter was run by the Leros Solidarity Network. However, Villa Artemis was closed down shortly after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016.
    24_160601_170.jpg
  • Discarded UNHCR prayer mats in an abandoned building at a now-closed refugee camp at the port of Lakki.<br />
<br />
The camp was opened by volunteers in the summer of 2015 and later that year UNHCR and MSF expanded it and provided additional tents, toilets and other facilities. The camp was closed soon after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016.
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  • Strings of colourful pendants in one of the UNHCR temporary buildings that was used as a nursery at the abandoned refugee camp at the port of Lakki.<br />
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The camp was opened by volunteers in the summer of 2015 and later that year UNHCR and MSF expanded it and provided additional tents, toilets and other facilities. The camp was closed soon after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016.
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  • An old sink inside an abandoned building at a refugee camp at the port of Lakki.

The camp was opened by volunteers in the summer of 2015 and later that year UNHCR and MSF expanded it and provided additional tents, toilets and other facilities. The camp was closed soon after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016.
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  • Abandoned plastic pre-fab huts in the former refugee camp in the port of Lakki.  In the background the old Italian navy barracks.<br />
<br />
The camp was opened by volunteers in the summer of 2015 and later that year UNHCR and MSF expanded it and provided additional tents, toilets and other facilities. The camp was closed soon after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016.
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  • An abandoned shop in 12 Apostolon Sq , Thessaloniki. The sign reads "art".
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  • An abandoned coffeehouse in th village of Sykamia in Lesbos island. The sign reads Panhellenic.
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  • An abandoned mansion in Kampos, Chios. <br />
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Kampos of Chios  is one of the most distinctive areas of the island. It is 6 Km south of Chios Town and is widely known for the impressive mansions with their citrus fruits gardens. The area is protected by the Greek Ministry for Culture, as a historic site and traditional settlement. The high walls made of the local reddish stone protect the gardens of citrus fruits from extreme weather conditions.  The Genoese and local aristocracy of Chios started building their mansions in the area in the 14th century. The name “Kampos” (“Campus” in Latin) is found in travellers’ accounts since 1673.  The Genoese created the extensive citrus gardens in Kampos in the 13th century.
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  • The remains of the abandoned Lepida psychiatric hospital, in whose grounds the Leros ‘Hot spot’ (an EU-run migrant’s reception centre) has been built. <br />
<br />
The Hot Spot in Lepida opened on the 26th of February 2016 in the grounds of the former Lepida psychiatric hospital.  At the beginning it served as a registration camp for refugees and migrants who were travelling to Europe through Greece but since the closure of the borders in March 2016 it serves as a permanent camp. People are allowed to go out, they have three meals a day, the prefabricated huts have a bathroom and are air-conditioned and compering to other refugee camps in Greece the conditions are bearable.
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  • The remains of the abandoned Lepida psychiatric hospital, in whose grounds the Leros ‘Hot spot’ (an EU-run migrant’s reception centre) has been built. <br />
<br />
The Hot Spot in Lepida opened on the 26th of February 2016 in the grounds of the former Lepida psychiatric hospital.  At the beginning it served as a registration camp for refugees and migrants who were travelling to Europe through Greece but since the closure of the borders in March 2016 it serves as a permanent camp. People are allowed to go out, they have three meals a day, the prefabricated huts have a bathroom and are air-conditioned and compering to other refugee camps in Greece the conditions are bearable.
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  • An abandoned child's doll on a bunkbed in Villa Artemis, a shelter for 30 refugee women and their children in the grounds of Leros Hospital. <br />
<br />
Opened in September 2015, the shelter was run by the Leros Solidarity Network. However, Villa Artemis was closed down shortly after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016.
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  • A refugee from Syria is trying to warm by an open fire in the abandoned army barracks next to to Idomeni railway station. <br />
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Thousands of refugees are stranded in Idomeni unable to cross the border. The facilities here are stretched to the limit and the conditions are appalling. It's raining, it's cold there is mud everywhere and there is no hope that the border will open anytime soon.
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  • Monday, 14 September 2015. Aysha carries Bisan on the long march from Horgos in Serbia to the Hungarian border. There is a constant flow of people walking on the abandoned railway tracks, rushing to get into Hungary before the border closes to undocumented migrants and refugees.
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  • A washing line and tents inside the abandoned refectory of the old army camp in Moria, Lesvos, Greece
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  • 18 year old Adnan from Syria inside the office of an abandoned logistics company near Kara Tepe camp. Since the camp is overcrowded with appalling conditions many refugees decide to stay outside of it.
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  • 50 year old Mamum from Damascus, Syria  sitting in the back of  truck in an abandoned logistics company near Kara Tepe camp. Since the camp is overcrowded with appalling conditions many refugees decide to stay outside of it.
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  • A group of people walking in Moria camp through the window of the abandoned camp refectory.
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  • Refugees' tents and cloth lines in an abandoned warehouse outside the official Kara Tepe camp. Since the camp is overcrowded with appalling conditions many refugees decide to stay outside of it.
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  • A toiled in an abandoned warehouse outside Kara Tepe camp that is used by the refugees.
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  • A makeshift camp in an abandoned warehouse outside Kara Tepe camp. Since the official camp is overcrowded with appalling conditions many refugees choose to camp outside of it.
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  • An abandoned hotel in Episkopou Amvrosiou Str, Thessaloniki
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  • An abandoned petrol station in Thiseos Str in Kallithea district of Athens
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  • An abandoned mansion in Kampos, Chios. <br />
<br />
Kampos of Chios  is one of the most distinctive areas of the island. It is 6 Km south of Chios Town and is widely known for the impressive mansions with their citrus fruits gardens. The area is protected by the Greek Ministry for Culture, as a historic site and traditional settlement. The high walls made of the local reddish stone protect the gardens of citrus fruits from extreme weather conditions.  The Genoese and local aristocracy of Chios started building their mansions in the area in the 14th century. The name “Kampos” (“Campus” in Latin) is found in travellers’ accounts since 1673.  The Genoese created the extensive citrus gardens in Kampos in the 13th century.
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  • An abandoned mansion in Kampos, Chios. <br />
<br />
Kampos of Chios  is one of the most distinctive areas of the island. It is 6 Km south of Chios Town and is widely known for the impressive mansions with their citrus fruits gardens. The area is protected by the Greek Ministry for Culture, as a historic site and traditional settlement. The high walls made of the local reddish stone protect the gardens of citrus fruits from extreme weather conditions.  The Genoese and local aristocracy of Chios started building their mansions in the area in the 14th century. The name “Kampos” (“Campus” in Latin) is found in travellers’ accounts since 1673.  The Genoese created the extensive citrus gardens in Kampos in the 13th century.
    090924_450.jpg
  • An abandoned mansion in Kampos, Chios. <br />
Kampos of Chios  is one of the most distinctive areas of the island. It is 6 Km south of Chios Town and is widely known for the impressive mansions with their citrus fruits gardens. The area is protected by the Greek Ministry for Culture, as a historic site and traditional settlement. The high walls made of the local reddish stone protect the gardens of citrus fruits from extreme weather conditions.  The Genoese and local aristocracy of Chios started building their mansions in the area in the 14th century. The name “Kampos” (“Campus” in Latin) is found in travellers’ accounts since 1673.  The Genoese created the extensive citrus gardens in Kampos in the 13th century.
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  • Made up beds in one of the rooms of Villa Artemis.<br />
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The Villa, inside the Hospital of Leros compound opened in September 2015 and it was a shelter for 30 women with their children run by the Leros Solidarity Network. It was abandoned in early April 2016 after the change in EU policy on refugees and the creation of the “Hot Spot” camp in Lepida, Leros.
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  • A man sleeping under an abandoned railcar in Idomeni train station. <br />
<br />
Thousands of refugees are stranded in Idomeni unable to cross the border. The facilities are stretched to the limit and the conditions are appalling.
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  • Syrian refugees staying n an abandoned warehouse outside the official Kara Tepe camp. Since the camp is overcrowded with appalling conditions many refugees decide to stay outside of it.
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  • An abandoned warehouse in Roxanis Str, Thessaloniki
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