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Saturday, July 11, 2015

'We’re living the Thug Life': refugees stuck on Greek border have nothing left to lose

Greece may be struggling to cope with a record influx of migrants during its financial crisis, but Patrick Kingsley finds that for the refugees at the border, it’s just another problem on a long, arduous trek to find a new homeIn a dusty field that straddles the Greek-Macedonian border, quite where one country ends and the other begins is not entirely clear.But several Macedonian soldiers in the area are very certain. “Get back,” one shouts through the darkness, herding hundreds of refugees a couple of metres further south from where they stood a moment ago. “Get back to the Greek border.” Continue reading...


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