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‘All my hopes were him’: A migrant father’s plight in Greece

by Elena Becatoros
| March 20, 2021 12:03 AM

VATHY, Greece (AP) — On a pine-covered hill above the sparkling blue Aegean lies a boy’s grave, a teddy bear leaning against the white marble tombstone. His first boat ride was his last — the sea claimed him before his sixth birthday.

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