However, Europe is having challenges of its
own. The strong, unified Eurozone is not so unified anymore, with Germany
seeing a Grexit (Greece leaving the EUR currency) more favorable than before,
while France and Italy strongly opposing it.
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While news outlets tell you about the general
issue, those seeking a better life in Europe are forgotten.
Immigrants from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan –
to say the least – have taken a chance in fleeing the violence back home.
Particularly, as the Guardian says in a recent news article, the Greek island
of Lesbos is being tested against the economic woes happening in Brussels, the
European capital where finance ministers have met regularly for talks.
Since the Greek government mandated an
extended bank holiday unknown when to finish, and limited the amount of cash a
person can withdraw in one day to 60 EUR, organizations aimed at helping these
immigrants with food, shelter and medicine are unable to do so. This is because
they need the banks open to carry out transactions with businesses within and
outside Greece. That means that they are unable to purchase basics like food.
Thankfully, locals have stepped up to the
plate and welcomed in those seeking a better life. They provide them food, and
means of transport to the island’s capital, where they can apply for transport
to Athens at the government’s immigrant office there.
One can only hope that whatever the finance
ministers decide in Brussels, it is for the benefit of the people and those
doing their best to help others.
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