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Their frontyard was pathetic; basically 1,500 square feet of weeds and parched patches of Bermuda lawn.

From Ayia he was transferred to a camp outside Athens known as Amygdaleza, rows of grey prefabricated huts in a parched clearing surrounded by tall fences and security cameras.

The torrential downpours come days after a third UK heatwave of the year that parched swathes of the UK and led to several hosepipe bans being declared.

"This should all be underwater," he says, motioning towards the parched expanse of exposed white rocks.

Ennis drove to the area just outside Kettleman City on a recent afternoon, stopping on the roadside by a field of parched dirt, sparse grass and shrubs.