“Not to bite,” says the tall, tanned, brawny GREEK. He would never set the dogs on people waiting for their papers to leave Greece, he promises. “Just to ...
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How the world sees Greece
Saturday, September 12, 2015
'F- the rest!' On GREEK island of Kos, a migrant caste system has emerged, with Syrians at the top
Glendi 2015 held at the GREEK Cultural center in Springfield
The three day celebration of GREEK heritage is now in its 37th year. Visitors come from all over to sample the authentic GREEK food and to purchase the ...
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Olympiakos remains unbeaten in GREECE, beats Platanias 3-1
ATHENS, GREECE (AP) — Defending champion Olympiakos upheld its perfect start to the Greek league by beating visiting Platanias 3-1 for a third ...
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Eurogroup President: Greece Can Choose to be Either North or South Korea
On Friday, during an interview with a Dutch TV network ,Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem presented the choice he believes Greece must make. “Ultimately, it is up to Greece whether it will become North or South Korea: absolute poverty or one of the richest countries in the world,” he said. The Eurogroup president spoke on the corrupt and inefficient
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Refugee Crisis: Watch our Short Documentary “The European Dream”
Watch how Syrian and Afghan refugees enter Greece and what they have to go through after their arrival on Lesvos Island to reach a safe haven in Europe. Thousands of refugees continue to arrive daily on Lesbos Island, while Greek authorities are trying to coordinate the processing and evacuation of the unprecedented numbers stranded on
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To understand Germany and Britain's division over refugees just look at their populations
A debate is raging across Europe about how many refugees each country should and could take, amid the biggest global displacement crisis in over two decades. A particular schism has emerged between Britain and Germany. Germany, and its ally France, are speaking about the crisis in "moral" terms and committing to taking thousands of refugees. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has become a figurehead for the crisis in Europe and has championed rehoming quotas for countries, which are set to be unveiled next Wednesday (the UK is not taking part). Britain, meanwhile, has resisted taking in any more refugees, with David Cameron relenting to taking in 20,000 Syrian refugees over five years only under serious public and political pressure. Much of the argument about why Britain shouldn't commit to taking large numbers of refugees has centred on the cost. But several commentators are now starting to point out that the real argument, as well as the real difference between Britain and Germany, is about demographics. Germany could do with an influx of young migrants to supplement its ageing workforce, while Britain is less in need. The BBC's Robert Peston pointed this out in a blog post on Monday: The two relevant points (leaving aside moral ones) are that: * the UK's population is rising fast, whereas Germany's is falling fast; * the dependency ratio (the proportion of expensive older people in the population relative to able-bodied, tax-generating workers) is rising much quicker in Germany than in the UK. The European Commission's Ageing Report, published earlier this year, included a graph that shows the projected change in labour supply between 2013 and 2060 for different countries. The UK's workforce is forecast to grow, while Germany's is expected to shrink. By 2060, Germany's population of 81 million is projected to fall to 71 million, while the UK, a vastly smaller land mass, will overtake it to become the most populous EU nation, rising from its current 64 million to 80 million. The dependency ratio in Germany — the ratio of pensioners to working-age people whose taxes support them — is set to rise to 59%. That means the taxes of roughly more than one working German will have to support 2 retired Germans. For Germany, then, it makes economic sense to take in refugees, a transfusion of young workers whose taxes can help support its ageing population. Tory MP Boris Johnson highlighted this in his column for The Telegraph this week, saying: It is certainly true that over the last few years, Germany, Italy and several other western European countries have seen a marked fall in their indigenous birth rate. They have ageing populations, and are failing to produce enough young people of their own. In accepting large numbers of energetic young migrants, they are actuated not just by compassion — though that cannot be denied — but also by a certain economic logic. It cannot be said Britain is in exactly the same position. We are going through a population boom. Our schools are bursting — certainly in London — and the demand is rising the whole time. The population of the capital went up by about 122,000 last year alone. This argument also casts some doubt on Merkel's moral positioning — why so keen to help refugees from the Middle East but unwilling to aid Greece, where people are being driven to suicide amid German-mandated austerity? But this is just one aspect of the debate — whether it is a moral duty, as France and Germany argue, is another matter. Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Suddenly all of Europe is dealing with a massive migrant crisis
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Melanie Walters joins National Theatre Wales for eight-hour GREEK epic Iliad
Melanie Walters has joined National Theatre Wales for an ambitious, eight-hour production based on Homer's epic GREEK poem Iliad. And as she tells ...
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GREEK Authorities Arrest Wanted Serbian At Eleftherios Venizelos Airport
GREEK police A Serbian citizen, who has been wanted since 2009 for committing a homicide, was arrested at the “Eleftherios Venizelos” Athens ...
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Everyone's GREEK at Flemington Opa! Festival
FLEMINGTON— Rain or shine, the 11th Annual Flemington Opa! Festival was underway Saturday at St. Anna GREEK Orthodox Church in Raritan ...
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New Canaan's Katherine Avgerinos weds Ivan Esmoris in GREECE
Katherine Pembrook Avgerinos and Ivan Jose Docampo Esmoris celebrated their marriage on July 5 in Glyfada, GREECE. The Rev. Harold E. Masback ...
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Willy Hernangómez and Spain advance to face GREECE in EuroBasket quarterfinals
Now Spain will prepare for a meeting with Giannis Antetokounmpo and GREECE, who are fresh off a 75-54 win against an overmatched Belgian squad.
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Why Anarchists Should Vote for the Pirate Party in GREECE
His Highness told me that the Pirate Party in GREECE needs money: The expensive entrance fee of 25k Euros for the elections, a requirement which is ...
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Hellenism’s “Power and Pathos” on Display at Getty Museum
BRENTWOOD, CA – An exhibition of ancient artwork titled “Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World” recently opened at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Brentwood, CA, the Los Angeles Times reported. “The Hellenistic Mediterranean represents the era when a humanistic heart began to beat vigorously within Western art,” writes the Times. “Before, in Classical Greece, […] The post Hellenism’s “Power and Pathos” on Display at Getty Museum appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greece Makes European Basketball Championship Quarterfinals
LILLE, France – Greece secured a place in the quarterfinals of the European basketball championship by beating Belgium 75-54 on Saturday for its sixth win in as many games. Latvia also reached the quarters by beating Slovenia 73-66. Center Yannnis Bourousis led Greece with 14 points, and Kostas Koufos added 13 as the team looks for […] The post Greece Makes European Basketball Championship Quarterfinals appeared first on The National Herald.
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Finding little welcome in Europe, refugees ask unanswerable questions
Amid the fray and all the bodies pressed against the razor wire along the Greece-Macedonia border, fingers dig into my arm.
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Spain, Greece, Latvia advance at Eurobasket
LILLE, France (AP) — Greece secured a place in the quarterfinals of the European basketball championship by beating Belgium 75-54 Saturday for its sixth win in as ...
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GREEK coast guard seek 4 missing children
According to reports, a GREEK coast guard vessel located and rescued 25 migrants and refugees who informed authorities that the four children were ...
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GREEK Fest 2015 continues through the weekend in Rockford
GREEK Fest 2015 continues today at Saints Constantine & Helen GREEK Orthodox Church in Rockford. The festival features the sounds of GREEK music ...
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GREECE'S GDP Improves Despite Loss of €1 Bln in Tourism Revenue This Year
GREECE suffered a one billion euro tourism revenue shortfall this year due to continuous economic and political instability, and the refugee crisis, ...
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New Graphic Book About Democracy In GREECE
This wildly ambitious graphic novel, entitled “Democracy,” dares to put into words and drawings the genesis of popular self-rule in ancient GREECE, ...
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Eurogroup: Greece Must Implement Reforms as Cyprus Makes Progress
The Eurogroup that took place on Saturday discussed among other topics, the developments surrounding Greece and Cyprus. During a press conference after the meeting, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsslebloem said that the interim Greek Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis informed his counterparts that the caretaker Greek government is proceeding with the preparation for the implementation of the Greek bailout program. “From our perspective
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FIBA Eurobasket 2015: Greece Advances to Final Eight With Victory Over Belgium
The Greek Men’s Basketball Team advanced to the next round of the FIBA Eurobasket 2015 after an emphatic 75-54 victory over Belgium on Saturday in Lille, France. Despite the 21 point difference, the final score does not necessarily reflect the course of the game. In the first half, Greece marginally came out on top in both the
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The Latest: Sweden: Death of migrant boy has had impact
GREEK authorities continue to expedite the flow of people from the eastern island of Lesbos, where most asylum seekers reach by sea from nearby ...
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Get A Taste Of GREECE In Minneapolis This Weekend
Katherine Boosalis with the Taste of GREECE said the Greeks are very proud of their culture and heritage, and wants everyone to feel welcome to take ...
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Eurozone finance officials downplays Greece vote worries ...
LUXEMBOURG: The eurozone's top finance officials on Saturday downplayed the risk of surprises after Greece's election next weekend, setting their sights ...
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Latest opinion polls suggest Greek election will be inconclusive
… a week to go before Greece has another general election the … the junior coalition, the Independent Greeks? It was hard,” said teacher … the only sort of government Greeks will get after September 20 …
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ECB Review of Greek Banks Under Way, Could Be Done End ...
Greece received an 86 billion-euro bailout package, its third since 2010, in August after months of difficult, all-night deliberations that threatened the ...
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Greece s Syriza, New Democracy still hard to separate ...
A banner showing former Greek Prime Minister and leader of leftist Syriza party Alexis Tsipras is seen in central Athens, Greece, September 11, 2015.
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After days of protest, fragile order returns to Lesbos
An uneasy calm has settled on the Greek island of Lesbos after a violent few days that saw riot police fight to contain migrants. In the Aegean Sea, Lesbos is a prime entry point for migrants to the European Union.
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Greece's leftist Syriza leads New Democracy in three polls ...
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's leftist Syriza party narrowly led its main conservative rival, New Democracy, in three newspaper polls published on Saturday ahead of a ...
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Solid second half sees GREEK hoopsters thrash Belgium
Yiannis Bourousis (14 points) and Costas Koufos (13 points) were the top scorers for the GREEK national team that extended its perfect record in the ...
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Cheyenne GREEK Festival offers dozens of desserts
31 at Saints Constantine and Helen GREEK Orthodox Christian Church in Cheyenne. They were baking the loaves for the annual Cheyenne GREEK ...
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Third quarter surge sees GREECE past Belgium and into quarters
Belgium and GREECE enterted the cavernous Stade Pierre Mauroy for the second of Saturday's last 16 games. The new format adds a touch of extra ...
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Ex-IMF rep explains how GREECE dodged May default
GREECE'S former representative at the International Monetary Fund has revealed how a call from Bank of GREECE Governor Yannis Stournaras in May ...
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GREECE expects debt-relief talks once compliance assessment made: finance ministry
GREECE'S caretaker government is fulfilling its responsibilities in connection with the agreement, the ministry said in a statement. The statement ...
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Greek Coast Guard Searches for Five
Greece’s coast guard says it is searching the eastern Aegean Sea for five people — four children and a 20-year-old — who are missing when two smugglers’ boats capsized en route from Turkey to the islands of Samos and Lesbos. The coast guard said 56 others aboard the two craft were rescued Saturday. It […] The post Greek Coast Guard Searches for Five appeared first on The National Herald.
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ASE President Lazarides: There are Always Investment Opportunities
Socrates Lazaridis, the president of the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), told Bloomberg News “There are always investment opportunities even in difficult times.” He made the statements at an investment roadshow held in London. Lazarides said that there are no concerns about the risk of Greece’s exit from the euro, stressing that international investors are not […] The post ASE President Lazarides: There are Always Investment Opportunities appeared first on The National Herald.
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Catsimatidis Greek Birthday With Great Food, Dancing and Breaking Plates
SOUTHAMPTON – Greek-American businessman, radio show host, and 2013 NYC Mayoral Candidate John Catsimatidis celebrated his 67th birthday in style – the style of Greece, that is. Family and friends gathered at Nammos restaurant in Southampton, NY on September 6 to with the honoree chronia polla – many years, and the celebration was replete […] The post Catsimatidis Greek Birthday With Great Food, Dancing and Breaking Plates appeared first on The National Herald.
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Richard Pine Greece Through Irish Eyes
Richard Pine's Greece Through Irish Eyes. The author draws fascinating parallels between Greece and Ireland in his 388-page book.
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Latvia beats Slovenia, Greece tops Belgium at Eurobasket
LILLE, France (AP) — Greece secured a place in the quarterfinals of the European basketball championship by beating Belgium 75-54 on Saturday for its sixth win in as many games.
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Greek-Iranian Emerging Relations in the Post-Sanctions Era ...
Oil remains a key sector where the lifting of sanctions will benefit the Greek-Iranian commercial relationship. Until 2012 and the start of renewed ...
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Eurogroup Chief Rules out GREEK Debt Deal Renegotiation
The head of the euro currency group of countries has ruled out any renegotiation of the massive loan program meant to save Greece's economy, ...
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Convicted killer of French football supporter arrested in GREECE
A Serbian man who was one of more than a dozen convicted in the 2009 murder of a French football supporter was arrested in Athens on Saturday, ...
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Jeremy Corbyn's victory gives hope to the people of Europe, says GREECE'S SYRIZA
Jeremy Corbyn's victory in the Labour leadership election sends a “message of hope to the people of Europe”, GREECE'S leftist governing party has ...
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Corbyn's UK Labour win a "message of hope":Greece's Syriza
Greece's radical leftwing Syriza party on Saturday welcomed the election of Jeremy Corbyn as head of Britain's opposition Labour as a "message of hope".
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Greeks scavenge for hope but the public sector remains off the leash
… promises. “The biggest destruction for Greece was Syriza. The only way … sister business Pantazis Fruit: “For Greece the critical thing is political … Bank) Despite the miserable mess, Greeks remain hopeful. George Galatis, president …
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House of the week: A GREEK Revival with a showpiece kitchen in Bristol
The William Bradford House started out as a GREEK Revival, but a Queen Anne-style tower and porch were added sometime after 1870. Since 1979 ...
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Turkish Man Travels To Greece To Prove He Is A Greek-Cypriot
A man, who resides in neighboring Turkey, will travel to Greece within the month to undergo DNA testing in his effort to confirm his suspicions that he might be a Greek Cypriot that was kidnapped as a child by the Turkish army during the Turkish invasion of 1974. “Such reports often cause unfair and unnecessary emotional
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More war, less cash, new routes drive migrant push to EU
GENEVA (AP) — Migrants have for years taken death-defying trips across the Mediterranean to reach Europe, but the flow has hit record proportions this year — notably with an influx of Syrians, Afghans and Eritreans fleeing war, repression or poverty back home. The push has by some accounts already topped 432,000 people this year. While some are economic migrants, most are Syrians fleeing carnage at home. Traveling mostly into Greece by way of the Aegean Sea from Turkey, more than 175,000 have flooded into Europe this year — already more than twice the number in all of last year, the International Organization for Migration says. A variety of factors including a spike in fighting and sagging international aid are fueling the surge. Here's a look at major causes: ___ WELCOME WEARING THIN: Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan have absorbed the lion's share of Syrians fleeing their war-torn homeland, with roughly 4 million amassed in refugee camps and communities in those countries. The countries may now be hitting their saturation point, experts say. Tensions and even clashes are on the rise, and the fraying welcome has contributed to the decision of many asylum-seekers to move on to Europe. Metin Corabatir, who runs a research center on refugee issues in Turkey, noted how his country rolled out an "open-door" for refugees but never instituted a thorough "integration strategy." Of the 1.9 million Syrians who have fled to Turkey, only about 300,000 are in refugee camps, while the vast majority has taken up life in towns and cities along the border. "The whole asylum system is based on being temporary," he said. "In the absence of any integration scheme, these people are becoming increasingly hopeless, their situation has been deteriorating." Doris Carrion, a researcher with the Chatham House think tank in London, noted that Lebanon's government in recent months has blocked UNHCR from registering new refugees the country, which prevents them from receiving aid there. If caught, those unregistered face the risk of deportation to Syria. Authorities in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan are also becoming less tolerant of Syrians holding down odd jobs, like working on farms or in shops. "Local governments and local residents are getting less and less patient with the refugees that are in their country," Carrion said. "So that makes more and more Syrians think 'OK, I have no way of providing for myself here.' I'll risk whatever might happen to me in the journey to Europe." ___ INTENSIFYING SYRIA WAR A recent spike in brutal warfare inside Syria has combined with the deteriorating conditions in neighboring countries to spur Syrians to flee. The office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says some 7.6 million people have been displaced by fighting inside Syria between President Bashar Assad's forces and rebel groups, including the Islamic State group and the al-Qaida affiliate Nusra Front. It says electricity is only available 2 to 4 hours per day in most places, and many Syrians face food and water shortages. Fighting has intensified in several parts of Syria this year, but mostly in the northern province of Aleppo, the suburbs of Damascus and the southern Daraa region. The insurgents have made their biggest gains in the northwestern province of Idlib, which is now entirely out of the control of government forces except for two Shiite villages defended by pro-government militiamen. Advances by the Islamic State are a main reason for people fleeing, especially Christians who move to government-held areas while some leave the country. The group in May made advances southward toward Damascus, notably taking control of the historic town of Palmyra. Nusra Front captured Idlib in March, causing many people to get out. ___ SHRINKING AID, DWINDLING SAVINGS: Slumping international aid is contributing to despair in the refugee camps, spurring them on to Europe. The Syria Refugee and Resilience program, which regroups a number of humanitarian agencies, has received only 37 percent of needed funds for its $4.5 billion appeal this year, said UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming. The U.N.'s World Food Program warned last month that it would be cutting its food distribution because of funding shortages. Last week, it started specifying just how much: It has halved assistance to 1.3 million Syrians in the region, and says the reduction in the value of vouchers to buy food means most refugees are living off 50 cents a day. Some 360 Syrians in neighboring countries stopped receiving food aid this month. Authorities and aid groups are less able and willing to provide them with education, health care and basic infrastructure. "What we do and all our partners do is far from being enough to respond to the needs, the basic needs of this population," UNHCR Antonio Guterres told The Associated Press recently. "It's because of that they move onwards in a rather desperate situation." Some Syrians in derelict refugee camps or cramped apartments across the border are willing to tough it out a few years, but they increasingly realize they can't live like that forever. And many are quickly running out of savings. "Many Syrians who came out to the neighboring countries were quite well off, or middle class," Fleming told reporters recently. "Imagine if you had to live on your savings for four years. I think we would all be quite poor." ___ NEW ROUTES, NEW METHODS: People fleeing war zones make up the majority of migrants passing through Greece. Tens of thousands are also pouring into Italy — with a mishmash of nationalities led by Eritreans, Nigerians, Somalis, Sudanese and Syrians, according to the International Organization for Migration. While the main Mediterranean migrant flows of recent years have been from North Africa to Italy and Spain, the recent surge has occurred between the Turkish coast and nearby Greek islands that have been badly underprepared for the influx. From there, the migrants have traveled via mainland Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Austria — what is known as the Western Balkans route. The European border control agency Frontex, in a published review of migration trends during the first quarter of this year, says the migration flows of last year through the Western Balkans area involved mostly Kosovars heading northward. That changed this year, when Turkey began impeding the use of cargo ships that ferried many Syrians and others to Italy; the Turkish action drove those migrants to try the shorter crossing in the Aegean Sea. Most migrants taking that route have turned to "large and very well-organized facilitation networks that have cashed in on a lucrative trade by organizing entire journeys for migrants and refugees — featuring accommodation, transfers to Turkish cities like coastal Izmir, Bodrum and Ayvalik, and escort on small boats," the report said. "Among the reasons why migrants increasingly preferred to reach the EU in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea are the lower costs and lower weather dependency compared to other possible routes," the report said. "Both factors are related to the rather short sea distances between Turkey and Greece." Western diplomats in Geneva and UNHCR officials note a recent phenomenon in which many Syrians have bypassed giant refugee camps in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan. They cross the border into Lebanon — plane ticket in hand — and fly straight from Beirut to Turkey. From there, they head to the Mediterranean coast to make the short journey to Greece. ___ Bassem Mroue contributed from Beirut, Lebanon. Join the conversation about this story »
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