Greek island refugee crisis: local people and tourists rally round migrants
Residents and even holidaymakers on #Lesbos are exposing themselves to threats and possible legal action by helping newly arrived refugees
Greek island refugee crisis: local people and tourists rally round migrants
On the northern coast of Lesbos, on the shore outside a famous local hotel, the footfall is usually limited to tourists. But on a recent morning, there was an unusual interloper. It was the president of the local village, Thanassis Andreotis, standing on the back of his white pick-up and tuggin the remains of a huge inflatable dinghy up from the beach below. Every morning, refugees use dinghies like this one to get from the Turkish shore – six miles away in the distance – to the Greek islands. And Andreotis saw it as his human duty to pick up the debris.
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