Photos: Migrants flee their homes
The Dutch EU presidency is working on a plan to ease the migrant crisis by which a core group of member states would accept up to 250,000 refugees coming from Turkey in return for sending back the migrants that now arrive by the hundreds of thousands in Greece. Meanwhile, hungry, tired and cold migrants arrive every day searching for refuge from civil war.
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In this Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 photo, an Afghan man squats after his arrival , from Turkey to the shores of the Greek island of Chios, on an dinghy crammed with refugees and migrants.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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An elderly woman from Afghanistan reacts after her arrival on a dinghy with other migrants and refugees in the village of Skala Sykaminias, on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Greek authorities say a total of seven bodies, including those of two children, have been recovered from the sea off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after a boat carrying migrants or refugees sank early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)
Greece Migrants Winter Crossing Photo Gallery
In this Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 photo, an Afghan man with his daughter walks after they receive a wristband tags at Tabakika registration center, Chios island, Greece. The island now has a functioning system which aims to process new arrivals through registration as fast and as painlessly as possible. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greece Migrants Winter Crossing Photo Gallery
In this Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 photo, an Afghan couple use a blanket to calm their baby inside the Souda camp in Chios island , Greece. Despite the bitter winter cold and rough seas, tens of thousands of men, women and children fleeing violence and poverty in their homelands continue to risk their lives to make the relatively short but dangerous journey from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands, seeking a better future in Europe. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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in this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 photo, a Syrian man with one leg walks at the Greek deserted island of Pasas after he arrived with others from Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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This is the vessel used by migrants from where a number of them died as they to passed from Turkish coast to Greece docked at the village of Kokkari on the eastern Greek island of Samos on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Authorities in Greece have raised the death toll from a migrant boat sinking to 18, after recovering seven more bodies off the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Michael Svarnias)
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An Italian vessel from the European border agency Frontex assists the Greek Coast Guard in the search after a boat sinking near the eastern Greek island of Samos, as Turkey is seen in the background on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Authorities in Greece have raised the death toll from a migrant boat sinking to 18, after recovering seven more bodies off the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Michael Svarnias)
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Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei gives a chocolate cookie at a girl after her arrival with other refugees and migrants on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to a beach near Mytilene port on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Despite toughening European border controls, refugees and migrants have continued to travel to the Greek islands near the Turkish coast, at a rate of roughly 1,500 per day since the beginning of the year, braving the bad weather in dinghies and old wooden boats.(AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)
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Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei assists refugees and migrants after their arrival on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to a beach near Mytilene port on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Despite toughening European border controls, refugees and migrants have continued to travel to the Greek islands near the Turkish coast, at a rate of roughly 1,500 per day since the beginning of the year, braving the bad weather in dinghies and old wooden boats.(AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)
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This is the vessel used by migrants from where a number of them died as they to passed from Turkish coast to Greece docked at the village of Kokkari on the eastern Greek island of Samos on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Authorities in Greece have raised the death toll from a migrant boat sinking to 18, after recovering seven more bodies off the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Michael Svarnias)
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A coast guard vessel arrives with the dead bodies of migrants at the port of Vathi on the eastern Greek island of Samos on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Authorities in Greece have raised the death toll from a migrant boat sinking to 18, after recovering seven more bodies off the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Michael Svarnias)
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Refugees with their babies go to receive food distributed by non-governmental organizations at a refugee camp in the northern Greek village of Idomeni at the Greek-Macedonian border on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Macedonia allows in migrants whom it deems to be bona fide refugees - Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan nationals. All others are considered economic migrants and left trapped in Greece, where they are told to seek asylum, agree to voluntary repatriation or be deported. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
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A refugee receives goods distributed by non-governmental organizations at a refugee camp in the northern Greek village of Idomeni at the Greek-Macedonian border on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Macedonia allows in migrants whom it deems to be bona fide refugees - Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan nationals. All others are considered economic migrants and left trapped in Greece, where they are told to seek asylum, agree to voluntary repatriation or be deported. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
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Refugees rest inside a giant tent at a refugee camp in the northern Greek village of Idomeni at the Greek-Macedonian border on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Macedonia allows in migrants whom it deems to be bona fide refugees - Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan nationals. All others are considered economic migrants and left trapped in Greece, where they are told to seek asylum, agree to voluntary repatriation or be deported. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
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A refugee prepares to cross the borderline from the northern Greek village of Idomeni to southern Macedonia as a volunteer asks from another group to wait on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Macedonia allows in migrants whom it deems to be bona fide refugees - Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan nationals. All others are considered economic migrants and left trapped in Greece, where they are told to seek asylum, agree to voluntary repatriation or be deported. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
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Volunteers help an elderly woman from Afghanistan to disembark from a dinghy after her arrival with other migrants and refugees in the village of Skala Sykaminias, on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Greek authorities say a total of seven bodies, including those of two children, have been recovered from the sea off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after a boat carrying migrants or refugees sank early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)
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An Afghan woman carry her child after they arrived with a Ferry at the Athens' main port of Piraeus, early Wednesday, Jan 27, 2016. Greek authorities say a total of seven bodies, including those of two children, have been recovered from the sea off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after a boat carrying migrants or refugees sank early Wednesday.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Refugees and migrants disembark from a Ferry at the Athens' main port of Piraeus, early Wednesday, Jan 27, 2016. Greek authorities say a total of seven bodies, including those of two children, have been recovered from the sea off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after a boat carrying migrants or refugees sank early Wednesday.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A Syrian woman carry her child on a wheelchair after they disembarked from a Ferry at the Athens' main port of Piraeus, early Wednesday, Jan 27, 2016. Greek authorities say a total of seven bodies, including those of two children, have been recovered from the sea off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after a boat carrying migrants or refugees sank early Wednesday.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Refugees and migrants disembark from a Ferry at the Athens' main port of Piraeus, early Wednesday, Jan 27, 2016. Greek authorities say a total of seven bodies, including those of two children, have been recovered from the sea off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after a boat carrying migrants or refugees sank early Wednesday.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greece Migrants Winter Crossing Photo Gallery
In this Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 photo, two Afghan young women wait to be registered in the Tabakika registration center Chios island , Greece. Despite the bitter winter cold and rough seas, tens of thousands of men, women and children fleeing violence and poverty in their homelands continue to risk their lives to make the relatively short but dangerous journey from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands, seeking a better future in Europe. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greece Migrants Winter Crossing Photo Gallery
In this Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 photo, a woman carries her young boy inside the Souda camp for refugees and migrants in front of the stone wall of the castle of Chios island , Greece . The 800-person camp placed in the dry moat of Chios town’s medieval castle began operating in early November 2015.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greece Migrants Winter Crossing Photo Gallery
In this early Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 photo, Afghan refugees disembark from a dinghy after crossing a part of the Aegean sea from Turkish coast to the Greek island of Chios. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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