Falling numbers: Thymaina's plunging population shows Greece's demographic decline

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The small Aegean island of Thymaina is losing residents as Greece faces broader demographic decline. Rising costs, isolation and the closure of rural schools are contributing to concerns about a future with few or no children on the island.

Desertification in rural areas and on the islands is forcing schools to shut. On a small eastern Aegean island, locals speak of soaring costs, isolation and a future without children.