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Migrants arriving on Greek island of Kos hope for new life (1)

1 Name: Anonymous : 2015-08-07 13:27 ID:Xu/t4tAW [Del]

"The refugee crisis on three Greek islands near Turkey is "total chaos", the UN refugee agency UNHCR says.
Accommodation, water and sanitation are all inadequate for the many asylum seekers on Kos, Chios and Lesbos, the UNHCR says, calling it "shameful".
More than 120,000 migrants have arrived in Greece so far this year, including 50,000 in July alone.
The BBC's James Reynolds was there when one boat of migrants arrived ashore on the island of Kos."
Here is a link to a bbc clip on the issue
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33824032
Another news article interviews the refuugees here's is one of the interviews.
Samir, a 17-year old Syrian travelling alone
Samir left Syria because he didn't want to be conscripted into the national army.
"I don't want to carry a weapon," he said. "I've never carried a weapon and I won't do it. Not for the government, not for an armed group."
Before the country's civil war, military service lasted 18 months, but now it's routinely extended to four or five years.
President Assad, who's accused by the west of using chemical weapons against his own people, has been fighting rebels since 2011.
To read more, link to the site, http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32934800/kos-migrants-the-stories-of-those-spoiling-the-atmosphere-for-holidaymakers