Syrians,Iraqis and Kurds plead with guards to be let into Macedonia, as bottleneck of 10000 migrants in tents keeps buildingHope springs eternal. It is what keeps young men like Muzahmen al-Turki trekking to these muddy parts. It is what keeps young women like Aysla, or with her children in tow,behind him. It is the force that propels them – like nearly every refugee – past the shelters that near in the form of hastily erected camps, past the army barracks, and sports halls and tent cities that would otherwise preserve them in Greece.
Hope is also what Europe’s politicians never considered: men,women and children, rucksacks on backs, or blankets on head,walking purposefully through the wheatfields of northern Greece, pushing prams, and pushing wheelchairs,putting one step in front of the other to get to Germany, the go-to country in the promised land of Europe.
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Source: theguardian.com