I just spent an hour helping distribute food to refugees in the park, but it felt one of the most useful things I've done in a long time
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The mayor promised to have chem toilets placed in the park https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008143745028&fref=ts … the municipality would prefer to host refugees elsewhere
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Bureaucratic hurdles prevent the municipality from directly helping refugees, but it could be months before permanent solutions are found
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Greece is catching up to Italy in refugee arrivals, flows expected to increase over summer https://twitter.com/nadimhoury/status/611073793960706048 … insufficient preparedness
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Volunteers -inc. tourists & locals- helping refugees across Greece are connected and go above & beyond in their efforts, but are overwhelmed
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The bakery I went to to replenish sandwich bread donated 4 loaves. Many Greeks are helping, despite the crisis & far-right rhetoric.
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Significantly larger refugee presence in Athens, w arrivals from the islands, no shelter offered by authoritieshttps://twitter.com/Refugees_Gr/status/610864320445050880 …
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A blog post on refugees in the center of Athens. "To avoid destitution, most try to get out of Greece ASAP" https://samoschronicles.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/refugees-in-the-centre-of-athens/ …
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Another volunteer effort: survival guide for asylum seekers in Greece in 3 languages https://twitter.com/enfogr/status/610725580447817728 … state docs are in Greek only
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If helping to distribute food aid, volunteers recommend giving it directly to recipients, as traffickers may try to gather & sell it
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Refugees crossing to Macedonia are exploited, trafficked & worse. An HR activist there is on hunger strike in protest http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/06/15/human-rights-activist-begins-hunger-strike-for-migrants-in-front-of-macedonian-parliament/ …
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#Lesvos, arrivals in the north are forced to walk across the island, helpers banned from giving them a lift, receive far-right threats -
Meanwhile, 2nd-gen migrant children protested for citizenship in Athens yesterday https://twitter.com/Lihtenvalner/status/610881499978711040 … draft law facing obstacles
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