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Families escape from Turkey, but at what cost?

Published by Kathimerini on Sat, 10/19/2019 - 21:10

What turned out to be a fateful journey began on the night of Thursday, September 26. Four families of nine adults and as many children scrambled over a belt of rocks in a remote spot on the Turkish coast to board a small speedboat. Believing it to be safer than the customary rubber dinghy, they had paid significantly extra for this boat.