Last weekend on the island of Lesbos, IRC president David Miliband met some of the thousands of refugees fleeing to Europe.
Last weekend on the island of Lesbos, International Rescue Committee president David Miliband met some of the thousands of refugees fleeing to Europe. More than 288,000, many escaping the brutal war in Syria, have come to Greece this year. Half made the perilous six-mile journey across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Lesbos, a popular tourist spot that is struggling to accommodate the 2,000 to 3,000 refugees arriving daily.