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Sunday, August 16, 2015

Derelict Kos hotel a haven for migrants trapped in Greece

By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos and Alkis Konstantinidis KOS, Greece (Reuters) - Mohammed Ibrahim fled fighting in Afghanistan for a better life in Germany but found himself trapped in a derelict hotel on the Greek island of Kos. "All we do here is wait," the 18-year-old said at the abandoned Captain Elias hotel, a two-storey building with a crumbling exterior where hundreds of migrants fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Asia have found temporary refuge. Allah willing, we will reach Germany," he said.


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