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Thursday, July 2, 2015

WorldViews: Greece, on the brink of collapse, is receiving the largest numbers of refugees in Europe

In the first six months of this year, more refugees arrived in Greece than in any other European country, according to a new report from the U.N. refugee agency.This is at a time when Greece's economy is teetering on the precipice, its politicians desperately wrangling with international creditors over the terms of a new bailout package. The country's banks are shut, a quarter of the populace is unemployed, and many Greeks once comfortably middle-class see a dystopian future for their homeland.Read full article


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