For the first time since the crisis began, women and children make up the majority of refugees undertaking the perilous journey to Greece Children now make up over a third of the people making the perilous sea crossing from Turkey to Greece, the UN has said, as two more babies drowned off Europe’s shores. For the first time since the start of the migration crisis in Europe, there are also now more women and children crossing the border from Greece to Macedonia than adult males, according to UN children’s agency Unicef. Related: Portraits of Syrian refugee families – and an empty place for the missing Continue reading...
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