The refugee ship arrived again in Piraeus port today in the afternoon, carrying just over 2,500
Syrians from the Greek islands, as a wave of migrants fleeing conflict
and poverty continues unabated.
Athens, Greece, 29 August, 2015.
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A Syrian young man seen standing at the port of Piraeus after the disembarkation from the refugee ship. |
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A Syrian child seen standing at the port of Piraeus after the disembarkation from the refugee ship. |
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A Syrian young woman holding her child in her arms, is seen boarding to
buses heading to the train station, after she has disembarked from the
refugee ship. |
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Syrian refugees are seen on-board passenger ship ''Eleftherios
Venizelos'' as the ship arrives at the port of Piraeus near Athens,
Greece. This ship has been routed to transfer refugees only from the
islands and not "normal' passengers. |
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Syrian refugees disembark at the port of Piraeus and they have paid an
expensive ticket for this transfer which is organized by the Greek
government. |
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A family from Afghanistan seen at the port of Piraeus after they have
disembarked from the refugee ship. Along with the Syrians, a number of
Afghan have also arrived. |
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A Syrian refugee family, seen disembarking at the port of Piraeus and
they have paid an expensive ticket for this transfer which is organized
by the Greek government. |
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Syrian refugees disembark at the port of Piraeus and they have paid an
expensive ticket for this transfer which is organized by the Greek
government. |
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A Syrian family is seen after they have disembarked from the refugee
ship at the port of Piraeus. The children make with their hands the sign
of victory. |
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Refugees disembark at the port of Piraeus. |
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A Syrian child seen boarding at the bus heading to the train station.
Refugees have just arrived in Piraeus from the islands, moving on the
route of the Syrian exodus. |
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Syrians stand at the port of Piraeus after they have disembarked from
the refugee ship. They have paid an expensive ticket for this transfer
which is organized by the Greek government. |
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A child from Syria is seem looking towards the refugee ship. He stands
by his mother inside the bus heading to the train station. They have
just arrived in Piraeus from the islands, moving on the route of the
Syrian exodus. |
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A Greek coast guard officer controls the Syrian refugees during they board
to buses heading to the train station, after they have disembarked from
the refugee ship. |
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Syrian refugee families are seen standing at the streets of Piraeus.
They have just arrived in Piraeus, near Athens, from the islands, moving
on the route of the Syrian exodus. |
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A Syrian young female shows the ticket of the refugee ship. She has paid
fare 50 EUR for this transfer organized by the Greek government.
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A young man from Afghanistan shows the ticket of the refugee ship. He
has paid fare 50 EUR for this transfer organized by the Greek
government. |
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Two young men from Afghanistan seen in Athens center, after they have arrived with the refugee ship. |
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Two young men from Afghanistan show the ticket of the refugee ship. They
have paid 50 EUR each for this transfer, which was organized by the
Greek government. |
Video: Coast Guard officer attacks hungry people who rush to get some food and water during a distribution in the port of Piraeus, Greece. These people are refugees and migrants from Syria and Afghanistan. They have just arrived in Piraeus by a ship that transfers only refugees and migrants from the islands and not normal passengers.
Nevertheless refugees traveling in this special route organized by the Greek government, have to pay a more expensive ticket than normal passengers. Many of them did not eat or drink anything on board during a 12 hour journey, as they had to pay the expensive ticket fare.
Athens Greece 26 Aug 2015.
Related articles in Icelandic:
1.
Þúsundir flóttamanna koma í land við Grikklandsstrendur
2.
„Þetta reddast“-þjóðin getur betur!
(Some related info: More than 17,000 Icelanders have
signed a letter urging their government to open the gates wider, because "refugees are our future spouses, best friends, or soulmates, the drummer for the band of our children, our next colleague, Miss Iceland in 2022, the carpenter who finally finished the bathroom, the cook in the cafeteria, the fireman, the computer genius, or the television host." ).