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Brussels, 7. Jan 2013, 07:43

EUobserver's Nikolaj Nielsen visited the Greek-Turkish border in November to see what 'Fortress Europe' means in practice for refugees and people smugglers trying to get into the Union.

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Opinion

Life or death: entering fortress Europe

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Refugees need solidarity today. Tomorrow they will be the ones contributing to a better future for Europe.

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Poor labour conditions, racism and squalid housing is making African migrants in Istanbul dream of the EU despite its crisis.

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Smuggler groups - kacakci - who get people from Turkey into the EU make more money each time the Union takes steps to protect the border.

About Nikolaj Nielsen

7. Jan 2013, 07:43

Nikolaj Nielsen is a Danish-American journalist working for EUobserver in Brussels. He won a King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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