An abandoned hotel in the city centre of Athens has become home to hundreds of refugees.
Run by a coalition of left-wing activists and volunteers, the City Plaza hotel is a citizen-driven response to a government struggling to house refugees and asylum seekers.
Among its 400 residents is Moustafa Hajrashid, a Kurdish Syrian from a village outside Aleppo, who is caring for his sick mother and his younger and handicapped brother.
"We are like one big family," the 38-year old ...
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