New arrivals flood into Greece

A ship crammed with thousands of mostly Syrian refugees docked in Greece’s main port of Piraeus, after the government said it was stepping up efforts to ease pressure on an eastern island being overwhelmed by new arrivals.

New arrivals flood into Greece

The government-chartered ship had set off overnight from Lesbos, where refugees had massed to get on board.

The Red Cross has described conditions on the Aegean island — a short boat journey from Turkey where there are some 2 million Syrian refugees — as a humanitarian disaster.

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