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As Lithuania has committed to chip in on the EU's efforts to deal with the refugee crisis and accept some three hundred war-fleeing people from Syria and Eritrea, many Lithuanians have expressed sentiments that are far from welcoming. Not 26-year-old Marija Fedotovaitė, however, who is set to go the Greek Island of Lesbos to volunteer in camps for refugees that have been coming in thousands to Southern Europe.
Island of Lesbos
Island of Lesbos
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Marija has already been to Lesbos, where she spent over a year. After graduating from school in Alytus in 2007, the Lithuanian decided to take time off from studying and try out some independent living. Joined by a friend, she picked Lesbos as the place to go. Now the island just off the coast of Turkey has become the hotspot of refugee migratio

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