On a Greek island, volunteers remake burial site for refugees lost at sea

Raise a Glass to Malbec! Malbec World Day, April 17 | SaltWire #reels #shorts #wine #foodLESBOS, Greece - Under an overcast sky on the Greek island of Lesbos, Afghan asylum-seeker Safika placed a red rose on the grave of a refugee who died trying to reach Europe. The tombstone read"unknown".

Graves made of cement and topped with white pebbles now replaced the low mounds of earth barely identifiable by a piece of broken marble or a stick. "It touches me how difficult it could be for a human being to die tragically in a distant land far away from your home," she told Reuters. While it is just 4.4 km from the Turkish coast, hundreds have drowned during the perilous crossing on overcrowded rubber boats.

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