Migrants flock to Europe in peak numbers, getting stuck in Greece

By Ben Brumfield and Tim Hume, CNN

Updated 1544 GMT (2344 HKT) February 29, 2016

Refugees and migrants onboard a dinghy approach the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on Sunday, January 3.
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Refugees and migrants onboard a dinghy approach the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on Sunday, January 3.
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A man carries a child to the shore on January 3.
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A man carries a child to the shore on January 3.
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Men hug each other on the beach shortly after crossing the Aegean Sea on Sunday, January 10.
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Men hug each other on the beach shortly after crossing the Aegean Sea on Sunday, January 10.
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A volunteer walks along the seaside holding a child on January 3.
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A volunteer walks along the seaside holding a child on January 3.
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Refugees are helped as they reach the shore on January 3.
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Refugees are helped as they reach the shore on January 3.
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Refugees wrap themselves with thermal blankets as they sit on a beach shortly arriving on Lesbos on January 3.
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Refugees wrap themselves with thermal blankets as they sit on a beach shortly arriving on Lesbos on Jan