Athens' Olympic Park, Old Airport Become Camp for Trapped Refugees

At Athens’ old, disused airport, the new arrivals come not by plane but by boat, having traveled from Turkey to the Greek islands and then on to the capital. The terminal is now a refugee camp, ill-equipped to deal with its 1,900 residents. The luggage carousels and mobile stairways are now playgrounds for the hundreds of children living at the site. Like most of the migrants living in the airport, Farahnaz Alizade is from Afghanistan. When asked about the conditions, she broke down in...

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