September 22, 2016 - Idomeni, Greece - Daily life inside Diavata UNHCR refugee camp in Northern Greece on 22 September 2016. Diavata Refugee camp is a former military camp ( Anagnostopoulou camp) that was not in use. Now it hosts more than 1000 refugees. In the peaking time it held 4500 people. It is run by UNHCR, IRC (ngo) and the greek army, under the supervision of the Migration ministry. Refugees are blocked in Greece. They don't want to stay here but to continue their trip to central and northern Europe. Many of them mention the welfare privilages. Others complaint about the living conditions and that they are not allowed to work in Greece in contrast with Turkey that they were working for a few pennies. Most of the people here are from Syria, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. This camp has a high concentration of minors. (Credit Image: © Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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