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Apr 28, 2016 | Studies & Reports

12cThere has been a dramatic reduction in the number of migrants arriving in Greece since an agreement between Turkey and the EU came into force.

Lesbos used to get more than 5,000 a day. On Monday there were just four.

But with Europe’s borders closed, more than 50,000 migrants remain in Greece waiting for a decision about their futures.

Angus Crawford visited three sites to find out how they are living.

The Closed Camp: Moria, Lesbos

Miracle is sleeping. He cannot tell me anything about the conditions in Moria camp.

He is unaware of the smell of raw sewage that hangs around the entrance gate. He does not know about the fighting between migrants that insiders say breaks out on a regular basis.

Luckily on Tuesday the tear gas fired by police at young migrants throwing stones never reached him.

He does not have to stand in line for hours to get food.

Miracle is just 10 months old and is strapped to his mother’s back.

She tells me her name is Blessing. She says she is Nigerian, a Christian from Kano, and that she left because of the Islamist militants, Boko Haram.

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