Stuck in **-man's-land: These are the people Europe forgot
 

Stuck in **-man's-land: These are the people Europe forgot
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IDOMENI, Greece —*The refugees and migrants fleeing war and poverty had come to*Greece, seeking a way to western Europe — and a chance to begin again.*

They thought they would just be passing through this border town.*And then, one by one, the borders began closing.*First Austria, then the Balkan states said they wouldn't let refugees through.

A month later, almost 10,000 people are stranded in the small Greek town of Idomeni, on the border with Macedonia left in limbo in an empty field strewn with litter and human waste and lacking*the most basic necessities.

When it’s rainy, the flimsy tents fill with mud and families struggle to get warm around small fires that surround their sites.* Read more...


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