Friday, April 22, 2016

Refugees Are Running Out of Time - TIME Magazine

Margaret Huang is the interim executive director for Amnesty International USA.
April 21, 2016

“Why don’t they let us go? They want us to die here?”
These are the questions that refugees asked Amnesty International researchers, who were recently in Greece investigating the living conditions for refugees in the country after the complete closure of the Macedonian border in March. The border closure is the result of the disastrous deal struck between the E.U. and Turkey, which has left 46,000 people trapped in shocking conditions. Without decisive action and without help from other countries, the situation for refugees in Greece and throughout Europe will continue to decline. Put simply: Refugees are running out of time.

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