As hundreds of migrants continue to make the short hop across the eastern Aegean Sea from Turkey to the Greek island of Kos and gain a foothold in the EU, local Christians and tourists join forces to do what they can to help
Kerry Horafiou opens the boot of her small car and takes out armfuls of packets of nappies, baby wipes and baby biscuits. She walks along the seafront where scores of mainly Syrians are resting in the shade of the thick stone walls of Kos castle, an imposing Crusader fortress, above them. Men, women, children and babies – some just a month old – lie or sit. Some are sheltering under a tent they have bought or a cover they have assembled from old cardboard. Nearby railings are draped with drying clothes and towels.“Would you like some?” a
03 September 2015, The Tablet
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