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Updated 11 Jun, 2013 02:20pm

Down and out in Athens

Since the debt crisis erupted in 2009, hundreds of thousands of Greeks have lost their jobs and the unemployment rate in the country reached 26.8 per cent in March, new figures show.

According to Praxis, a non-governmental organisation, the number of homeless in Greece has nearly doubled to over 20,000 from 11,000 in 2009. Picture taken May 26, 2013.

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