Authorities this week began bulldozing Idomeni, the Greek refugee camp that has become a symbol of Europe’s migrant crisis, and forcibly evacuating its 8,500 residents. As debate rages over how to deal with Europe’s massive influx of migrants, officials are relocating the camp’s refugees, many of whom have lived there for months, to centers in northern Greece, and clearing out their makeshift homes.
Heat Street visited the camp earlier this year, and witnessed tension and despair, as well as pockets of joy:
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