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Volunteers Step In as Greece Battles Twin Migrant and Economic Crises

With tens of thousands of migrants stuck in Greece, the country is bearing the burden of Europe's refugee crisis. But Athens is still battling with its EU creditors over the terms of its latest $94 billion bailout, while struggling to cope with the migrant influx. Henry Ridgwell reports from Lesbos Island on the collision of Greece's economic and migrant crises.

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