john psaropoulos is live in athens. what has been happening. >> yes, as you said, that 2,500 arrived. that ferry is going back and forth between athens and the ides. it's bringing a load of that size roughly every 18-24 hours. last night we had the arrival of a separate ship with 1700 arrivals from the eastern aegean, and this is going on all the time. don't forget the people have to be processed. they have to be identified, and there are international legal rules for how they may enter greece, even if it's for transit purposes. all of it is down on the eastern islands. there's humanitarian work fishing them out of the water. the coast guard in the last 24 hours mound more than 1,000 people in the water, brought them on to shore and protested them. and there are more than that who succeed in reaching islands in in their rubber dinghies, and are recorded once they make their way to police stations. as that little boy inside my colleague andrew simmonds' report said the route through greece, serbia, the goal is to reach,

john psaropoulos has more from athens. >> reporter: it is the music of their youth. while they are no longer young, the members of this community centre are once again carefree. they are more concerned for their children and grandchildren who face unemployment and low wages. this person's sons are unemployed mechanics. at 35 they live at home and drive a taxi in 12 hour shifts around the clock. netting $1,000 a month. his pension brings in 1200. >> if we weren't living together. i wouldn't make ends meet. i'm repaying a 160,000 euro business lone. everything is out of balance. we have doubts, food on the table today and tomorrow it all changes. i don't accept this. we used to have a balance that we could plan. >> the economic crisis saw pensions here cut by as much as half. they lost another 6%. the elderly are insecure about their income. not only is it falling, they have more limited access to it. cuts in health mean longer than ever waiting periods to see a doctor. all lowered the standard of living. there were quality of life advantages. >> the greek climate ensu

john psaropoulos has more from athens. >> reporter: it is the music of their youth, and while they are no longer young, the members of the community center are carefree. they are more concerned for children and grandchildren who face unemployment and low wages. this person's sons are unemployed mechanics. at 35 they life at home and drive a taxi in 12 hour shifts around the clock, netting $1,000 a month. his pension brings in 1200. >> translation: if we weren't living together i wouldn't be making ends meet. i'm repaying a business lone. everything is out of balance, we have doubts, food on the table. tomorrow it changes. i don't accept this. we used to have a balance, we could plan. >> the economic crisis saw pensions cut by a half. under the third bailout they lost 6%. >> the elderly are insecure about the income. not only is it falling. capital controls mean they had more limited access to it. cuts in health mean longer than ever waiting periods. all of this lowering the standard of living. they have quality of life advantages in the mediterranean culture. >> reporter: the greek cli