
Byron Smith
Photographer at Freelance
Photojournalist based in Athens, Greece @viiphoto Mentor Program '23-'24 @The_rps Documentary Photography Winner '23 Distributed by @reduxpictures
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Oct 3, 2023 |
konyaaktuel.com.tr | Byron Smith
World News 04 Ekim 2023 - 00:37 A Times reporter hiked to a rugged region in Greece where the bodies of 18 asylum seekers were found. She returned, weeks later, with a man who had lost his brother. World News 04 Ekim 2023 - 00:37 Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.On Aug. 23, I stood inside what Was left of a burned shack on a hillside.
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Oct 1, 2023 |
buffalonews.com | Byron Smith
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Coroner Dr. Pavlos Pavlidis assists Syrian refugees at his office at the University Hospital in Alexandroupolis, Greece, on Sept. 8, 2023. Qusai Alahmad’s brother, Basel, was killed along with 17 other migrants in wildfires that took place outside of the northern Greek village of Avantas.
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Oct 1, 2023 |
konyaaktuel.com.tr | Byron Smith
World News 01 Ekim 2023 - 20:39 In August, a group of 18 Syrian asylum seekers crossing into Europe found themselves trapped between Greek police and a wildfire. “The fire has reached us,” one of the men said in a video sent to his family. “All forests on our left are burning, and ...
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Sep 21, 2023 |
banoyi.com | Matina Stevis-Gridneff |Byron Smith
Scrambling for AnswersThe next day, Greek authorities announced the 18 deaths, setting off panic among the families. Qusai began a methodical search for his younger brother. He started on Facebook, on a page that focuses on people crossing from Turkey to northern Greece. Qusai, now 31 and working as an engineer in Norway, wanted to believe his brother was alive, perhaps hiding, or in detention in Greece or Turkey. His mother back home called him incessantly asking for news.
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Jun 25, 2023 |
banoyi.com | Byron Smith
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RT @MatinaStevis: On Aug. 21 around 9pm, 18 people burned to death in Europe’s largest-ever wildfire, outside the village of Avas in northe…

RT @IgorKossov: Visited Mykolaiv and the 59th Motorized Brigade recently, here's my account of the fighting down south. Photos by @ByronSmi…

RT @MarinaRafen: Depuis mars 2020, il n’y a pas eu une seule réadmission en #Turquie. Le service d’asile grec continue néanmoins de rejeter…