On arriving in Greece from Italy, outside the docked boat, there were dozens of young men origin unknown, very poor and dishevelled. and not speaking Greek. They sat on the ground in a line. They were literally the first people I saw in Greece, and now only a few months later, their welfare is a top priority for the UNHCR and European Commission.
They seemed to be waiting, for what I couldn't tell. But now it all comes together, they must have been from Afghanistan, and perhaps waiting to go to Italy. This article explains the dire situation for Afghan migrants, many of them children, in Patras... they stay there with the bare minimum, one last stop after a long, harrowing journey. They had a make-shift camp, but the police tore it down to leave them without shelter. They are under threat from police abuse and traffickers.
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