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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Desperate and depressed, Syrian refugees in Greece regret leaving home

[Syrian refugees stand near a bus as they wait to be transferred to a hospitality centre during a police operation at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the border between Greece and Macedonia, near the village of Idomeni]By Natasha Bowler ATHENS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - If Mustafa had known what it would be like living in a refugee camp in the Greek capital, he would never have left Syria. Four months of living in a broken tent by Athens' Pireaus harbour, waiting for his asylum claim to be processed has caused Mustafa to bitterly regret his decision to leave Aleppo. Only 38, Mustafa, who like many asylum seekers declined to give his full name, looks much older - as does his wife Nadia, 37, who sits beside him, sweaty and squashed in their small tent.


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