Young people flee abroad as they see no future in their homeland
By Agence France-Presse in Athens | China Daily | Updated: 2015-07-03 07:53
What does the future look like for young people in crisis-hit Greece, where years of hardship and sky-high unemployment were followed this week by bank closures? The answer: self-imposed exile.
"I don't see a future in Greece," sighed Dani Iordake. The 21-year-old, who proudly sports self-styled tattoos on his arms, was forced to drop out of college to help his mother pay the bills.
"It's a beautiful country, ... (but) I couldn't imagine living here and struggling every day," he said.
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