ATHENS, Greece—The number of refugees and other migrants trapped in Greece has grown in a day by about 5,000 to 57,458 after officials started counting people in a U.N. housing program.
Most have been stuck in the financially struggling country since a series of Balkan border closures stopped migratory flows from Turkey to Europe’s prosperous heartland.
Greek immigration officials said Tuesday that they started including in their daily reports 5,700 people in rented accommodation arranged by the U.N. refugee agency for greater accuracy.
