An Afghan immigrant is seen inside a wood factory across the street from a ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. Afghan, Iranian and Sudanese immigrants, living precariously in abandoned factories in Patras, southwest Greece, try to stow away on nearby ferries to Italy as they seek a better life in Europe beyond crisis-hit Greece. Shocked after as many as 900 people drowned last month in the worst Mediterranean shipwreck in living memory, European Union leaders have agreed to triple funding for sea patrols, but disagreement persists on what to do with those fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Africa. Some in Patras are recent arrivals, often travelling via Turkey, others have languished in the empty buildings for as long as two years. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
An Afghan immigrant is sits inside a wood factory across the street from a ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
Afghan immigrants play cards inside a wood factory across the street from a ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
A Sudanese immigrant walks climbs through a gate at a deserted textile factory in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
Sudanese immigrants charge their mobile phones at a make-shift electric outlet in the western Greek town of Patras May 4, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
Sudanese immigrants cook food in their shelter in the western Greek town of Patras May 4, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
An Afghan immigrant bandages his foot as he sits at a wood factory across the street from a ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
Sudanese immigrant Mahdi Babika Mohamed, who is also a rap singer with the stage name Twopack, walks down stairs at his shelter in the western Greek town of Patras May 4, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
Toothbrushes and disposable razors, which belong to Sudanese immigrants, are seen inside a deserted textile factory at the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
The belongings of Afghan immigrants hang on a graffitied wall inside a wood factory across the street from a ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
An Afghan immigrant tries to send text messages to friends as he sits inside a wood factory across the street from a ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
A Sudanese immigrant is seen inside a deserted textile factory in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
A Sudanese immigrant prays at an abandoned factory in the western Greek town of Patras May 4, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
An African immigrant tries to jump a fence into a ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
Afghan immigrants jump over a fence into a ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
A security officer shouts at Afghan immigrants who have jumped over a fence at a ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras May 4, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
Sudanese immigrants are seen in front of a wall covered in graffiti names inside a deserted textile factory in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
An Afghan immigrant looks out from a wood factory across the street from a ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
A Sudanese immigrant stands next to clothes that are hanging out to dry inside a deserted textile factory in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
A Sudanese immigrant reads a pamphlet distributed by the UNHCR on racism in the western Greek town of Patras May 4, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
Sudanese immigrants run behind a truck, which they hope to climb onto, in order to board a ferry to flee to Italy, in the western Greek town of Patras May 4, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
An African immigrant tries to sneak under a truck, which briefly stopped at a traffic light, while trying to enter the ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
A Sudanese immigrant climbs under a truck in order to board a ferry to flee to Italy, in the western Greek town of Patras May 4, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
26-year-old Azam from South Sudan stands on rail tracks after failing to flee to Italy in the western Greek town of Patras April 28, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
A man looks at a ferry departing from the western Greek town of Patras May 4, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
An Afghan immigrant walks on unused rail tracks by the ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras May 4, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
An Afghan immigrant looks through a wooden fence in a factory as he prepares to make a run towards the ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras May 4, 2015. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
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