Greek Vessel Takes Syrians, Afghans to Closed Camp

Expand Migrants, who were stranded between Greece and Macedonia, rest next to placards hung on a metal fence, outside the Tae Kwon Do stadium at the southern suburb of Faliro, in Athens, Greece, December 14, 2015. © 2015 Reuters On Saturday, I sat feeling helpless as I tracked a Greek naval vessel leaving Mytilene harbor on the island of Lesbos to an unknown destination. A Syrian asylum seeker who I have been in touch with for the past two weeks was on that boat, with his family and about 450 other people. The Greek government has suspended asylum claims for a month and announced its intention…

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