Imagine having to have a baby under these conditions.
May 23, 12:32 PM EDT
NEWBORNS AMONG RESIDENTS OF SPRAWLING IDOMENI REFUGEE CAMP
BY COSTAS KANTOURIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
VIOLENT PROTESTS IN GREECE
IDOMENI, Greece (AP) -- The women walked across the Syrian border into Turkey heavily pregnant, crossed the Aegean Sea in perilous journeys that risked their own lives and those of the babies they carried, because they dreamed of their children being born in a better world - in a peaceful, prosperous country in central or northern Europe.
But Balkan and European countries startled by the sheer number of people knocking at their doors shut their borders earlier this year, leaving pregnant women among about 54,000 people stranded in financially struggling Greece.
Trapped by the closure of the Macedonian border, dozens of women have brought their children into the world in refugee camps in Greece, of which the largest is the sprawling, impromptu camp at Idomeni, on the border itself.
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May 23, 12:32 PM EDT
NEWBORNS AMONG RESIDENTS OF SPRAWLING IDOMENI REFUGEE CAMP
BY COSTAS KANTOURIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
VIOLENT PROTESTS IN GREECEIDOMENI, Greece (AP) -- The women walked across the Syrian border into Turkey heavily pregnant, crossed the Aegean Sea in perilous journeys that risked their own lives and those of the babies they carried, because they dreamed of their children being born in a better world - in a peaceful, prosperous country in central or northern Europe.
But Balkan and European countries startled by the sheer number of people knocking at their doors shut their borders earlier this year, leaving pregnant women among about 54,000 people stranded in financially struggling Greece.
Trapped by the closure of the Macedonian border, dozens of women have brought their children into the world in refugee camps in Greece, of which the largest is the sprawling, impromptu camp at Idomeni, on the border itself.
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