Waiting for asylum in Lesbos, Greece

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Last week we told you about the hundreds of recently arrived migrants and refugees stuck in limbo on Lesbos. They’re being held as detainees in makeshift camps, and Greece says it won’t let them apply for asylum. Meanwhile, thousands who arrived before them are living in a dangerously overcrowded camp as they wait for their asylum applications to be processed. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou visited the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos. 

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