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In Its Worst Hour, Greece Overtakes Italy as Top Destination for Refugees
There's been a huge influx of Syrian refugees
A Syrian mother holds her daughter after arriving on the Greek Island of Lesbos.
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It couldn't have come at a worse time for Greece.
With the country on its knees, the number of refugees arriving by sea is at a record and for the first time overtakes Italy, a country almost nine times as rich.