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Greece: many come, few want to stay
Entering Europe is no easy feat these days, but hundreds of thousands of people still manage to arrive illegally. Southern border countries are on the front lines, receiving a growing number of people each year. These days Greece is overwhelmed with people from Iraq and Afghanistan coming via Turkey. I visited Samos, one of the hundreds of small Greek islands in the easter Aegean, which receives about 80 people a day, coming through the water, and the coast guard goes on patrol each night to find them and bring them in.
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Greece: many come, few want to stay
Entering Europe is no easy feat these days, but hundreds of thousands of people still manage to arrive illegally. Southern border countries are on the front lines, receiving a growing number of people each year. These days Greece is overwhelmed with people from Iraq and Afghanistan coming via Turkey. I visited Samos, one of the hundreds of small Greek islands in the easter Aegean, which receives about 80 people a day, coming through the water, and the coast guard goes on patrol each night to find them and bring them in.
A shorter piece dealing with this issue will soon be available.
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Produced for Radio France International. Aired December 24, 2008
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Entering Europe is no easy feat these days, but hundreds of thousands of people still manage to arrive illegally. Southern border countries are on the front lines, receiving a growing number of people each year. These days Greece is overwhelmed with people from Iraq and Afghanistan coming via Turkey. Sarah Elzas visited Samos, one of the hundreds of small Greek islands in the eastern Aegean. Until recently, its sleepy capital of 12-thousand people only saw foreigners coming off cruise ships and tourist ferries. Today about 80 people arrive illegally each day.
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AMBI: boat starting
It’s 10 PM, and the Samos coast guard is heading out on its nightly patrol.
Captain Nektarios Kitzos starts the boat. As it gets up to speed, the three other officers with him start to scan the dark, water - using a radar and a thermal camera.
Vargelis: All these li...
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INTRO:Entering Europe is no easy feat these days, but hundreds of thousands of people still manage to arrive illegally. Southern border countries are on the front lines, receiving a growing number of people each year. These days Greece is overwhelmed with people from Iraq and Afghanistan coming via Turkey. Sarah Elzas visited Samos, one of the hundreds of small Greek islands in the eastern Aegean. Until recently, its sleepy capital of 12-thousand people only saw foreigners coming off cruise ships and tourist ferries. Today about 80 people arrive illegally each day.
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