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Greek Refugee Camps in MENA - 1944
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...e-middle-east/
http://ceylon-ananda.com/the-greek-r...e-east-in-ww2/
https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-04-...lestine-during
The migrant route taken today by the thousands of refugees as they make their way to the shores of Turkey and then into Greece, was used in reverse by 20,000 Greeks, mainly from the islands, in order to escape the Nazi Occupation during WWII.
Refugee camps were established in the Middle East and Africa to accommodate the tens of thousands of people from across Europe seeking refuge. The Greek refugees fled by sea to the refugee camps under arduous conditions. An inhabitant on the shores of Turkey remembers: “They tied barrels together into makeshift rafts and crossed over. There was complete pandemonium in the sea. We all ran to the shore to witness the coming of the Greeks.” Hunger, the occupying forces and the ongoing war were the main reasons which fueled the wave of migrants.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36499727
From Aleppo to Egypt and beyond
Other Greek refugees had fled the Nazi occupation to Syria. They were mainly from the island of Chios, a few kilometres off the Turkey coast.
"The Germans were here and we were hungry. I was three back then," remembers Marianthi Andreadi. "So we left for Turkey illegally and from there we took the train to Al Nayrab camp in Aleppo (Syria)."
Marianthi remembers some of the faces that stood out on her journey. "I was surrounded by older women. And there was this moment that stays with me when we were on the Turkish border and the guard yells 'Gel Burda! Gel Burda!' (come here)."
"We ran away quickly. I fell down. And eventually he let us go. But I never forgot this."
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