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According to the recent data of the EU border agency Frontex, some 880,000 of refugees arrived in Greece in 2015, while the Greek islands of Lesbos, Chios and Samos saw the biggest number of people coming to their shores by sea.
"Ordinary residents of Greek islands and other volunteers have been on the front lines of Europe's refugee crisis for months... For their compassion and courage, for treating those in danger with humanity, and for setting an example for the rest of the world to follow, we citizens from around the world, nominate these brave women and men for a Nobel Peace Prize," the petition named "Nobel Peace Prize for Greek Islanders" said.
The nomination deadline is February 1.
Europe is struggling to find a solution to a massive refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Frontex detected over 1.83 million illegal border crossings in 2015, in contrast to some 283,000 in 2014.
Comment: The Greek people are still standing against the tyrants in control of the EU, serving as a symbol of what it means to be truly human in this increasingly psychopathic society. As Irini Gregoriou writes about the plight of so many refugees in Europe, 'For there is a worse kind of death than drowning in the Aegean Sea: drowning in a sea of ignorance and indifference to the plight of your fellow human beings, and losing your own humanity in the process.'
Those interested in signing the petition may visit the Avaaz website here.
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