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During a recent visit to see IRC programs in Greece, "Game of Thrones" actors Lena Headey, Maisie Williams and Liam Cunningham called on European Union leaders to do much more for the approximately 57,000 refugees currently stranded in the country.

"Game of Thrones" actors Liam Cunningham, Maisie Williams and Lena Headey walk through a refugee settlement where the IRC works in Greece.
L to R: "Game of Thrones" actors Liam Cunningham, Maisie Williams and Lena Headey visit IRC programs for refugees in northern Greece.
Photo: Tara Todras-Whitehill/IRC

Here's what they had to say:

These smart, hardworking people want to go home. They want to return to their communities and to their neighborhoods. They want their children to continue their education. They want to continue their university and they are stuck. They’re stuck. And they’re unbelievably sad. Understandably. We can do better for them. We must do better for them.

- Lena Headey

For me it is about the children…children with so much potential, so many hopes and dreams. Where is the humanity that makes it acceptable for them to languish in refugee camps – in Europe?

- Maisie Williams

This is not an earthquake, this is not a tidal wave. This is a man-made crisis. 57,000 stranded in Greece. Refugee camps in Europe? Is this truly the standard EU leaders want to set as the way to respond to the global refugee crisis?

- Liam Cunningham

See highlights of their visit in our Storify feature, #RealmToTheRescue: Rescue has no boundaries.

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Hila fled Deir ez-Zor, Syria, after the area was besieged by ISIS and her home was destroyed. She enjoys visiting the International Rescue Committee women’s center where she takes classes with her granddaughter.
Photo: IRC

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