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Refugees increasingly coming into Greece by strategy of land routes

Athens, Greece – A growing number of refugees and migrants are reaching Greece via land routes from Turkey, with Greek authorities increasingly accused of carrying out illegal pushbacks on the land borders. On Friday, the Greek police said that 1,658 refugees and migrants were detained in March after crossing into Greece through the Evros River,…

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Minute one refugees in Greece shuffle horses to heal

Athens, Greece – Shrieks of terror mixed with squeals of unbridled excitement pierce the quiet afternoon in a small vineyard behind a horse stable in Ilion, a suburb of Athens, Greece. The noisemakers, two 17-year-old Afghan refugee girls, are riding horses for the first time in their lives. Once a week since early October, young…