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Monday, February 22, 2016

Greece braces for growing number of stranded migrants

[An Afghan child sleeps on the pavement after his arrival along with hundreds of others refugees and migrants at the port of Piraeus near Athens, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Several thousand migrants have been stranded at the port and at the country's border with Macedonia, where authorities at the weekend closed the border to Afghan migrants and reduced rate for crossings for Iraqis and Syrians. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)]IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — Greece's government warned Monday it expected a growing number of stranded migrants and asylum seekers after neighbor Macedonia further restricted border access at the weekend.


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