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Workers set up a tent to accommodate migrants who arrived on Monday, March 2, 2020 on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing on a dinghy the Aegean sea from Turkey. A child died when a boat full of migrants heading to a Greek island capsized Monday, part of a wave of thousands trying to push through Greece's land and sea borders after Turkey declared the way was open for migrants and refugees to enter Europe. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Workers set up a tent to accommodate migrants who arrived on Monday, March 2, 2020 on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing on a dinghy the Aegean sea from Turkey. A child died when a boat full of migrants heading to a Greek island capsized Monday, part of a wave of thousands trying to push through Greece's land and sea borders after Turkey declared the way was open for migrants and refugees to enter Europe. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

March 3, 2020

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Thousands of migrants look for way around shut Greek border
March 3, 2020 10:41 a.m.

Thousands of migrants look for way around shut Greek border

KASTANIES, Greece (AP) — Thousands of migrants and refugees searched for ways to cross Greece's border with Turkey on Tuesday, as Athens ramped up its diplomatic efforts for help from the European Union to seal off its eastern land and sea frontiers.