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BBC OSLesbos: gateway to Europe for migrants and refugees

Photos courtesy of Tyler Jump/International Rescue Committee.

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Waiting and more waiting

Once travel papers are issued, the migrants and refugees can board ferries to Athens.

  • Arriving in Lesbos
  • Turkey to Lesbos: 10km by sea
  • Capturing the moment
  • Most refugees and migrants in Lesbos arrive at Molyvos, the nearest crossing point from Turkey.
  • Migrants and refugees in Lesbos are desperate to move on
  • Waiting and more waiting
  • NGOs provide basic services where they can
  • "We met three women with five small children who were traveling alone"
  • Ferry to Athens

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