Migrant Journey to Lesvos, Portland's Sister City
Thursday, February 21st, 7pm* The Greek island of Lesvos in the northern Aegean Sea is one of Portland’s Sister Cities so what happens there is truly connected to us in Maine. In the past four years Lesvos has become a main gateway for migrants and refugees who are flooding into Europe through Greece. Nearly 750,000 people have come through this one island; and many get stuck there in camps as they wait for asylum requests to be processed. Migration is a hot topic in America,