As Europe is struggling to find ways to deal collectively with the migrants and refugees reaching the continent, Greece, a small, frontline country in Europe's migration crisis, is again seeing an uptick in asylum seeker arrivals. Filio Kontrafouri has the story from Athens.

Police checks at Greece's largest airport are intense and around the clock. From the moment passengers arrive at the Athens International Airport, specially-trained police scan the area for smugglers and asylum seekers they suspect may try to sneak on a flight to Europe on a fake passport.

They also perform selective passport checks on those traveling to Europe's Schengen countries, where there are no border controls. Every day, dozens of migrants and refugees try to illegally head to Europe from Greece's airports. And dozens more are stopped.

MICHAIL SDOUKOS POLICE COLONEL, ATHENS INT'L AIRPORT "The Greek police have developed a special action plan for travel within the Schengen Area with four security zones. So for someone to travel from Athens International Airport to another EU member state with fake travel documents, I'd say it's impossible. And the results of this plan are impressive."

As Europe is closing its borders tighter to refugees, arrivals by sea to the Greek islands from Turkey continue at a rate of about 80 per day. The UN Refugee Agency reports that Greece currently hosts 58,000 migrants and refugees.

Most migrants still deem this country a transit point either because they already have relatives elsewhere in Europe or because Greece, compared to other EU countries, provides them with limited opportunities and assistance.

FILIO KONTRAFOURI OINOFYTA, GREECE "This abandoned factory was turned in to a camp during the 2015 refugee crisis and closed less than two years later. The government hastily reopened it in March, along with other camps across the country to temporarily accommodate the growing number of asylum seekers reaching Greece."

It's the first time a TV crew is allowed to film here. Over 300 people, mostly from Syria, live in tiny rooms shared by entire families.

The government provides them three meals a day and every month gives them a small allowance to buy extra food. Yet, many lack even the basics. Mohamad from Afrin doesn't even have pillows for his children or proper baby formula. The government IS trying to make the camp more livable yet for refugees like Ibra, there's no time left to wait until that happens.

IBRA NAQSH SYRIAN REFUGEE "If you want to look for a job, there's no job. We want to continue to Europe to find a job there, it's better than here, it's not allowed. I'm going back to Turkey because unfortunately I'm disappointed. I couldn't find myself here. I'm sitting doing nothing. I don't want to destroy my mind, I don't want to be a lazy person. I don't want to stay just fighting for food every morning, for one bottle of water."

Europe's border security agency, FRONTEX says an alarming increase in crossings from the land border with Turkey has been driving asylum seeker arrivals in Greece way up –almost 20,000 in total during the first five months of this year. Greece becomes again Europe's main point of entry, followed by Italy.

Meanwhile, Europe remains divided on the migration burden. But if Greece is to cope with its massive share because of its geography, that task could turn impossible without the help of its European allies. Filio Kontrafouri, CGTN, Athens.