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  • Refugees at the port of Molyvos, Lesbos island, forming a queue at a soup kitchen organised by locals.  The people of Lesbos island, many of whom come from families that were refugees themselves, provide meals and cloths for the refugees everyday. 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 Syrian refugees celebrating their rescue after their have been given temporary traveling documents onboard the Lesbos to Piraeus boat. The boat was full of refugees heading to mainland Greece. 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 Afghan refugees walking on the road between Mantamado and Mytilini. Most refugees land on the northern shores of the island and they walk for nine hours either to Mytilini port or to Moria  First Reception Centre..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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  • An Afghan man showing me the breakfast he received from a local volunteers' soup kitchen, hours after his boat has been rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. The people of Lesbos island, many of whom come from families that were refugees themselves, provide meals and cloths for the refugees everyday. 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 refugee mother feeds her child onboard the Lesbos to Piraues boat. The boat was full of refugees heading to mainland Greece. 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 Syrian refugees, the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. <br />
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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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees on a small inflatable boat minutes before their landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. In the horizon the Greek Coast Guard vessel could be seen. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A small inflatable boat with more than 40 Afghan refugees,minutes before landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A pair of shoes left on the road between Mantamado and Mytilini. Most refugees land on the northern shores of the island and they walk for nine hours either to Mytilini port or to Moria  First Reception Centre..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 shirt left on the road between Mantamado and Mytilini. Most refugees land on the northern shores of the island and they walk for nine hours either to Mytilini port or to Moria  First Reception Centre..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 small boat full of refugees landed in a steep cliff in Cape Korakas at night. They light a fire to dry their clothes and later they tried by the light of their mobile phones to climb the steep cliff. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees, among them a disabled man carried by his compatriots and locals,  the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees, the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. <br />
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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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees, the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. <br />
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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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
    150517_313.jpg
  • A group of Syrian refugees on a small inflatable boat minutes before their landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. In the horizon the Greek Coast Guard vessel could be seen. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
    150517_304.jpg
  • A group of Syrian refugees on a small inflatable boat minutes before their landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. In the horizon the Greek Coast Guard vessel could be seen. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees on a small inflatable boat minutes before their landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. In the horizon the Greek Coast Guard vessel could be seen. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Afghan refugees looking at the sea minutes after their boat landed on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Afghan refugees the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
    150517_032.jpg
  • A group of Afghan refugees the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A small inflatable boat with more than 40 Afghan refugees,minutes before landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A small inflatable boat with more than 40 Afghan refugees,minutes before landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Afghan refugees the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A small inflatable boat with more than 40 Afghan refugees,minutes before landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece. The people onboard singing with joy before their arrival to Europe. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees on a small inflatable boat minutes before their landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. In the horizon the Greek Coast Guard vessel could be seen. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Afghan refugees minutes after their boat landed on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • Afghan refugees discard their life jackets after they landed on the beach near Skala Sykaminias in Lesbos island, Greece. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A small inflatable boat with more than 40 Afghan refugees,minutes before landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece. The people onboard singing with joy before their arrival to Europe. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • An Afghan refugee walks over a collapsed wall to a makeshift camp in Molyvos harbour. 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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  • An Afghan refugee prays minutes after landing on the beach near Skala Sykaminias in Lesbos island, Greece. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A Greek Coast Guard vessel is rescuing a boat of immigrants off the cost of Lesbos island. For half an hour I could hear people shouting in the middle of the sea. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • An Afghan carrying his child is walking the the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of 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 around 50 Afghans, men, women and children are walking the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of 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.
    150515_338.jpg
  • An Afghan carrying his child is walking the the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of 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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  • An Afghan man rests on fishing nets in Molyvos port hours after his boat has been rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. 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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  • An Afghan man rests on the seawall of Molyvos port hours after his boat has been rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. 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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  • An Afghan man holding a baby in the port of Molyvos, Lesbos island, hours after his boat has been rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. 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.
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  • Discarded lifejackets on the on the beach near Skala Sykaminias in Lesbos island, Greece. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • 15 year old Sharaf from Damascus standing by parked cars in Skala Sykaminias after his arrival in Lesbos island. He has been traveling on his own since his family has been killed in the Syrian civil war. <br />
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 disabled Syrian in his 70's resting in his walking stick after he disembark from a boat that brought him to Europe. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Afghan teenagers celebrating minutes after their boat landed on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. 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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • Two Afghan boys wearing Real Madrid t-shirts proud that made the journey to Greece posing minutes after their boat landed on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece.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. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of around 50 Afghans, men, women and children are walking the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of 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.
    150515_291.jpg
  • A group of around 50 Afghans, men, women and children are walking the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of 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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  • General view of the First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece. Since there are no trees or other natural cover, the refugees and migrants use olive harvest nets create shade.<br />
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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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  • General view of the First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece. Since there are no trees or other natural cover, the refugees and migrants use olive harvest nets create shade.<br />
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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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  • A family of refugees trying to cross the muddy field at the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
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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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  • Refugees and migrants sitting by the railway tracks in Idomeni. <br />
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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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  • Refugees and migrants queuing in a muddy field for a cup of tea.  Transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
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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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  • A family of refugees standing right next to the fence build by the FYR Macedonian Police and a banner writing “Made in EU” Transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
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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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  • Refugees walk in the fields towards Idomeni, maybe to the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
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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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  • Refugees and migrants at the petrol station near Idomani. In the last few months the fields near this petrol station have become a transit camp for thousands of refugees and migrants waiting to cross to Greek Macedonian border.
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  • Refugees and migrants have to stay for a minimum 3 days in the busses that brought them from Athens at the petrol station near Idomeni. In the last few months the fields near this petrol station have become a transit camp for thousands of refugees and migrants waiting to cross to Greek Macedonian border.
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  • Shirin, Levent, Jamila, Wafa, Aya, Rania (L-R) refugees from Aleppo and Al Hasakah outside their hut in the First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece. <br />
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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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  • A barbed wired gate that separates the different communities of migrants and refugees into sections at the First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece. <br />
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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.
    33_160826_004.jpg
  • A family of refugees walk with all the possessions wrapped in UNHCR blankets in a flooded muddy field near the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
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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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  • Refugees and migrants waiting at the petrol station near Idomeni. In the last few months the fields near this petrol station have become a transit camp for thousands of refugees and migrants waiting to cross to Greek Macedonian border.
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  • Refugees walk in the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
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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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  • A barbed wired gate that separates the different communities of migrants and refugees into sections at the First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece. <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.
    20_160826_004.jpg
  • Shirin, Levent, Jamila, Wafa, Aya, Rania (L-R) refugees from Aleppo and Al Hasakah outside their hut in the First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece. <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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  • 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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  • 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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  • A refugee boy carrying rain coats walks on the rail line in the refugee transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <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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  • A refugee from Aleppo, Syria is cooking for first time in his life in an open fire at the railway station of Idomeni near the refugee transit camp. <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.
    160312_128.jpg
  • A refugee boy carrying rain coats walks on the rail line in the refugee transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
<br />
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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  • The silhouette on the horizon is the island of Farmakonisi where many refugees and migrants land after crossing from Turkey. It is 5½ miles from the coast of Turkey and 12 miles from Leros. <br />
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Farmakonisi is a Greek military island and access is restricted. Once the refugees land the Greek Army calls the Coast Guard to come and collect them but sometimes it takes days in an island that has no shelters or any kind of infrastructure to host people.
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  • A group of refugee children plain football in the platform of Idomeni Railway Station, Greece. <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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  • A Syrian refugee prays in the fields behind the petrol station near Idomeni.  In the last few months the fields near this petrol station have become a transit camp for thousands of refugees and migrants waiting to cross to Greek Macedonian border.
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  • The silhouette on the horizon is the island of Farmakonisi where many refugees and migrants land after crossing from Turkey. It is 5½ miles from the coast of Turkey and 12 miles from Leros. <br />
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Farmakonisi is a Greek military island and access is restricted. Once the refugees land the Greek Army calls the Coast Guard to come and collect them but sometimes it takes days in an island that has no shelters or any kind of infrastructure to host people.
    01_160601_423.jpg
  • Refugee children who received a cup of tea from a group of volunteers, balancing on old railway sleepers in order to cross a muddy field in the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
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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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  • A refugee girl pushing a pram at the disused Centre of Sanitary Veterinary Control of Idomeni. <br />
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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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  • A lonely refugee child standing under the rain in the middle of the road that leads to the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <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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  • Two refugee kids are carrying logs to their tent.<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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  • A refugee from Jaïroud Syria is cooking in an open fire near the railway station of Idomeni. Many people decided to live away from the transit camp where the conditions are appalling. <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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  • 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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  • A Syrian refugee prays in the fields behind the petrol station near Idomeni.  In the last few months the fields near this petrol station have become a transit camp for thousands of refugees and migrants waiting to cross to Greek Macedonian border.
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  • Refugee women and their children at the portable toilets at the petrol station near Idomeni. In the last few months the fields near this petrol station have become a transit camp for thousands of refugees and migrants waiting to cross to Greek Macedonian border.
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  • Two refugee girls walk past the MSF tent where they ear;tier they received snacks and bottled water, at the petrol station near Idomeni. In the last few months the fields near this petrol station have become a transit camp for thousands of refugees and migrants waiting to cross to Greek Macedonian border.
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  • Two refugee kids are carrying logs to their tent.<br />
<br />
 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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  • Pre-fab housing in the First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece.<br />
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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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  • Three refugee children, Youssef, 14, Rebas, 9, and Diar, 13, looking over the Leros 'Hotspot', an EU-run migrant's reception centre opened in the grounds of the former Lepida psychiatric hospital. <br />
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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 noticeboard in the  First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece, advertising, in Arabic and English, the distribution of hygiene kits. <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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  • A typical prefabricated house in the First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece.<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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  • Abdulbaki Yunis, a Syrian Kurd refugee from Damascus in the First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece. <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 double barbed wire fence surrounding the First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece.<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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  • Abdulbaki Yunis, a Syrian Kurd refugee from Damascus in the First Reception Centre (Hot-Spot) of Leros, Greece. <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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  • Yazidi Hazim Elias Khadeda, 22, looking at the Leros 'Hotspot', an EU-run migrant's reception centre opened in the grounds of the former Lepida psychiatric hospital (from which the view is taken).<br />
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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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  • A group of Kurdish men chatting on the wall of the disused Centre of Sanitary Veterinary Control of Idomeni. <br />
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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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  • Two men from Pakistan waiting for the border to open on a parked cargo railway car in Idomeni railway station.  <br />
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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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  • A group of Indians drinking beers and dancing at the railway tracks n 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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  • An elderly Kurdish couple sitting by a green field near Idomeni, Greece. In front of them is the border. <br />
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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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  • This man was standing at this barrier looking at the Greek - FYR Macedonian border for more than half an hour. <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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  • Clothes hanging between the flag masts of Idomeni railway station. Many families have moved in the old train station since the main transit camp is overcrowded. <br />
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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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  • Zakria Al Ali, 22 yo from Aleppo in the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <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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  • Samir, 48 yo, from Arfin, Aleppo county. He has been travelling for 25 days and he has been stuck at Idomeni camp for the past 12 days. Transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
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Thousands of refugees are stranded in Idomeni unable to cross the border. The facilities are stretched to the limit and the conditions are appalling.
    160310_083.jpg
  • Zakria Al Ali, 22 yo from Aleppo in the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <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.
    160310_040.jpg
  • A man stands in muddy field at the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <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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  • Children queuing in a muddy field for a cup of tea.  Transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <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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  • A man holding an umbrella tries to dry by an open fire at the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <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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