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It was day 23 in self-isolation and my birthday. I washed my face in cold water and took a good look at the mirror. Turning 44 was hard, but why did it look like I’d aged five years during the lockdown?


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28.11.2017 / 11:08

There were months in 2015 when the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos received up to 6,000 arrivals of migrants and refugees a day. The refugee crisis was the leading news item at the time and harrowing images of those landings traveled across the globe.