The sea is a dangerous way to enter Europe. Nearly 3,000 people have died crossing the Mediterranean this year. Those rescued by the Chios Coast Guard arrive to a bare-bones shelter with no toilet, shower or running water. There, I visit Joud al-Bakri, an 18-year-old aspiring pilot from Aleppo. She sits on the floor of a wooden shack the size of a bedroom.
How many people are in this little house here?
JOUD AL-BAKRI: I guess 20.
KAKISSIS: Twenty.
AL-BAKRI: Maybe, yeah.
KAKISSIS: Is it comfortable?
AL-BAKRI: No, it’s not. Actually, when you’re sleeping, you just can’t move.
KAKISSIS: The shack is crowded. Everyone sleeps on the floor.
AL-BAKRI: It’s really hard even to sleep here without anything. And some people are sleeping outside, which is freezing.
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(NPR) Syrian Refugees Find Little Comfort In Greece
The sea is a dangerous way to enter Europe. Nearly 3,000 people have died crossing the Mediterranean this year. Those rescued by the Chios Coast Guard arrive to a bare-bones shelter with no toilet, shower or running water. There, I visit Joud al-Bakri, an 18-year-old aspiring pilot from Aleppo. She sits on the floor of a wooden shack the size of a bedroom.
How many people are in this little house here?
JOUD AL-BAKRI: I guess 20.
KAKISSIS: Twenty.
AL-BAKRI: Maybe, yeah.
KAKISSIS: Is it comfortable?
AL-BAKRI: No, it’s not. Actually, when you’re sleeping, you just can’t move.
KAKISSIS: The shack is crowded. Everyone sleeps on the floor.
AL-BAKRI: It’s really hard even to sleep here without anything. And some people are sleeping outside, which is freezing.
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