Asylum-seekers in Greece are staying in burning forests

Greece’s wildfires continue to burn. In some cases, asylum-seekers there are living in the forests for fear of being deported to Turkey and reversing any potential asylum claims. The World’s Carolyn Beeler talks with Andrew Geddes, director of the Migration Policy Centre, about the dangerous dilemma these people face.

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