Greece, on the brink of collapse, is receiving the largest numbers of refugees in Europe:

http://ift.tt/1062739/worldviews/wp/2015/07/01/greece-on-the-brink-of-collapse-is-receiving-the-largest-numbers-of-refugees-in-europe/?tid=hpModule_04941f10-8a79-11e2-98d9-3012c1cd8d1e

>In the first six months of this year, more refugees arrived in Greece than in any other European country, according to a new report from the U.N. refugee agency.

>This is at a time when Greece's economy is teetering on the precipice, its politicians desperately wrangling with international creditors over the terms of a new bailout package. The country's banks are shut, a quarter of the populace is unemployed, and many Greeks once comfortably middle-class see a dystopian future for their homeland.

>But for hundreds of thousands of Asian and African migrants, including many asylum seekers fleeing the Syrian civil war, Greece is a gateway to a better life in the European Union.