Hundreds of Greeks marched in Athens on Thursday night to demand more solidarity with refugees, as it emerged that a Bulgarian border guard had shot dead an Afghan man trying to enter the country from Turkey.<\/p>\n
Students, workers and human rights activists were among those rallying in the Greek capital, in support of those fleeing war and persecution.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to open the borders, to stop the fence, to bring down the fence in Evros so that we can create a safe passage for the refugees from Syria and Afghanistan to pass through the country and go wherever they want in Europe,\u201d said protester Katerina Papadouli.
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