We met Naqib and his extended family (including women and children) at Victoria Square in downtown Athens today, where hundreds of Afghan refugees gather every day to await buses to take them to a refugee camp before they continue their onward journey.
They left Kunduz Province about a month ago, travelling by car to Iran and then to Turkey before taking the boat to Lesvos. Within four hours they were on the overnight ferry to Athens.
"We're heading to Germany" he said "we're hoping to get the train to Macedonia tomorrow". We're hoping to make the same journey tomorrow but none of us know if it will be possible - most refugees are now being turned away from the Macedonian border, with the refugee camp there having been forcefully shut down yesterday. A convoy of 48 buses took the refugees there to a new camp at the Olympic Tai Kwan Do Stadium in Athens this morning. #Forgotten in Idomeni #SearchingSafePassage
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