Migrants take shelter in central Athens square

(26 Feb 2016) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Piraeus - 26 February 2016 1. Various of migrants and refugees gathered at port of Piraeus 2. Various of men holding signs reading (English/Greek/Arabic) "We want to go outside of Greece" 3. Various of migrants and refugees protesting and blocking road Athens - 26 February 2016 4. Various of migrants and refugees in Victoria Square 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Muchtar Ahman, from Afghanistan: "All the people you are seeing around here, we came from Afghanistan, we took a lot of risk from Afghanistan coming to here and we hoped to get to Germany and all the people around here are looking to get to Germany. But when we came here the borders, the Macedonian borders closed, we are really disappointed, we are hopeless, we are homeless." 6. Various of migrants and refugees in Victoria Square 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Santino Hamze, Palestinian volunteer: "I don't know, I think Europe made a huge mistake, especially (German chancellor Angela) Merkel, bringing all these refugees. To solve the problem is were it is originated. You solve them where they are, in Afghanistan, in Syria. And Syria we know the situation, we cannot help them. But you don't bring them here and cause all these problems. And look now, they closed the border for all the Afghan people. What these people going to do here? Greece does not have enough money to help these people, even if the United Nations give them, and they said they will give them, but what are you going to do with these problems?" 8. Shoes lined up 9. Woman kissing child 10. Various of migrants and refugees in Victoria Square 11. Close of stuffed bear STORYLINE: Migrants and refugees stranded in Greece held a protest in the port of Piraeus on Friday against tighter border restrictions along the Balkan route. Meanwhile in Athens, hundreds of people spent the night in the central Victoria square. One Palestinian volunteer said European leaders mishandled the migrant crisis, resulting to an overflow of asylum seekers Greece is unable to manage. It is estimated that about 2,000 migrants and refugees enter Greece everyday. The border closures are squeezing Greece between the Balkan nations to the north and Turkey, where most of the refugees are coming from. If northern nations did fully close their borders, Greece's refugee reception capacity could become overwhelmed within days. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...