Desperate migrants queue for right to stay in Greece

Video. Desperate migrants queue for right to stay in Greece

These are the chaotic scenes on the Greek island of Kos, a key landing point for migrants arriving from Turkey.

These are the chaotic scenes on the Greek island of Kos, a key landing point for migrants arriving from Turkey.

Migrants queued in soaring temperatures to enter a sports stadium, hoping to obtain immigration papers.

Cash-starved Greece is increasingly migrants’ gateway into Europe, with many moving northwards towards Hungary.

Around 48,000 arrived in Greece between January and May this year, compared with just 6,500 over the same period in 2014, according to the UN’s refugee agency.

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