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Athens to turn refugee camp into public park

STORY: Athens to turn refugee camp into public park DATELINE: Dec. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the temporary accommodation center 2. SOUNDBITE (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister 3. various of the temporary accommodation center 4. various of asylum seekers STORYLINE: The Greek government said on Monday that the Eleonas camp for asylum seekers, the country's first official temporary accommodation center in the Greek capital, will be turned into a park for the local community. Eleonas was built in a former industrial zone in the autumn of 2015 to accommodate 2,000 people. The last group of its residents were transferred to other facilities this November. On Monday, Greece's Migration and Asylum Ministry, which had temporarily assumed responsibility for the 1,000-hectare site from the City of Athens, signed a handover agreement. SOUNDBITE (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister "The handover of this site today back to the C

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GREECE-ATHENS-ELEONAS CAMP-TRANSFORMATION

(221212) -- ATHENS, Dec. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks at an event at the Eleonas camp in Athens, Greece, on Dec. 12, 2022. The Eleonas camp for asylum seekers, the country's first official temporary accommodation center in the Greek capital, will be turned into a park for the local community, the Greek government said on Monday. (Photo by Lefteris Partsalis/Xinhua)

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GREECE-ATHENS-ELEONAS CAMP-TRANSFORMATION

(221212) -- ATHENS, Dec. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2022 shows a room in the Eleonas camp in Athens, Greece. The Eleonas camp for asylum seekers, the country's first official temporary accommodation center in the Greek capital, will be turned into a park for the local community, the Greek government said on Monday. (Photo by Lefteris Partsalis/Xinhua)

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GREECE-ATHENS-ELEONAS CAMP-TRANSFORMATION

(221212) -- ATHENS, Dec. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi speaks at an event at the Eleonas camp in Athens, Greece, on Dec. 12, 2022. The Eleonas camp for asylum seekers, the country's first official temporary accommodation center in the Greek capital, will be turned into a park for the local community, the Greek government said on Monday. (Photo by Lefteris Partsalis/Xinhua)

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GREECE-ATHENS-ELEONAS CAMP-TRANSFORMATION

(221212) -- ATHENS, Dec. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk in the Eleonas camp in Athens, Greece, on Dec. 12, 2022. The Eleonas camp for asylum seekers, the country's first official temporary accommodation center in the Greek capital, will be turned into a park for the local community, the Greek government said on Monday. (Photo by Lefteris Partsalis/Xinhua)

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GREECE-ATHENS-ELEONAS CAMP-TRANSFORMATION

(221212) -- ATHENS, Dec. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2022 shows an empty area in the Eleonas camp in Athens, Greece. The Eleonas camp for asylum seekers, the country's first official temporary accommodation center in the Greek capital, will be turned into a park for the local community, the Greek government said on Monday. (Photo by Lefteris Partsalis/Xinhua)

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GREECE-ATHENS-ELEONAS CAMP-TRANSFORMATION

(221212) -- ATHENS, Dec. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2022 shows an empty area in the Eleonas camp in Athens, Greece. The Eleonas camp for asylum seekers, the country's first official temporary accommodation center in the Greek capital, will be turned into a park for the local community, the Greek government said on Monday. (Photo by Lefteris Partsalis/Xinhua)