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广播听力:Migrants Gather in Tourist Spot

Source: CRI    2015-08-18  我要投稿   论坛   Favorite  

The city of Bodrum, a magnet for wealthy tourists from Turkey and around the world, is these days drawing a different type of visitors - migrants fleeing conflicts in the Middle East and Africa seeking a better life in Europe.

The Greek island of Kos is only 4 kilometers from Turkey at its closest point.

The Turkey-Greece route has resurfaced these summer months as a thriving business for smugglers profiting from the stream of people fleeing war and poverty.

People such as Omar, a Syrian refugee, are hoping they will make it:

"I am trying to cross the (Aegean) sea for the fourth or fifth time. Not because I like Europe or because I am dreaming of Europe. We have heard about Europe, we have never seen Europe. We have heard that human beings have v