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Rescue flight brings refugees stranded in Greek camps to Britain
Migrants wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, board an airplane bound for Britain at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens

DOZENS of refugees have been reunited with their families in Britain after boarding a rescue flight from Greece this morning. 

The 47 people on board, including 16 unaccompanied minors, had been stranded in squalid refugee camps on the Greek islands for many months. 

They had been due to come to Britain in mid-March under an EU regulation that allows family reunifications if a close relative is already in the country, but their flight was cancelled due the coronavirus lockdown. 

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