Afghan refugees languish in Athens far from 'promised land'


  • World
  • Friday, 02 Oct 2015

Afghan refugees are seen on a bus as they are transferred from Victoria Square to an indoor stadium in Athens, Greece, October 1, 2015. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

ATHENS (Reuters) - Afghan refugee Khodadad spends his days huddled with his family in an Athens square with little food, no money and dwindling hopes of ever reaching their desired destination: Germany.

They are among thousands of Afghans languishing in the Greek capital without passports and with barely any cash after being ferried to the mainland from the Aegean islands on which they land every day from Turkey.

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