A Greek lawmaker joined Syrian refugees in a hunger strike outside the Athens parliament on Saturday to protest against the government's refusal to help them move to other European countries to reunite with relatives, Reuters reported. Yiannis Michelogiannakis, a deputy from the leftist opposition Syriza party, said he decided to strike after an activist group said two protesters had died, one of a heart attack and one while trying to cross the border into Albania. Their deaths could not be independently verified. The government said on Tuesday it could not help the refugees because they had not applied for asylum or shelter. -- SPA 20:37 LOCAL TIME 17:37 GMT تغريد
