Published : 10-06-2020
Migrants have been transferred from Lesbos Island to Athens after the Greek authorities ordered that a number of migrant shelters and houses be evacuated by asylum seekers whose visa applications were approved.
Earlier this year, the Greek Ministry of Citizen Protection issued a decision to evacuate all buildings housing migrant residents who have received visas or subsidiary protection cards in Greece since 2017.
The Ministry said the eviction should be carried out no later than April 2020.
Activists said the move dovetails the country’s attempt to rein in the influx of migrants and overcrowdings on its islands.
The activists further warned of the fallouts of the decision, which they said will result in increasing numbers of homeless refugees who will be left with neither food nor shelter and be denied their basic human rights.
Palestinian refugees who have fled war-stricken zones to Greece have been denied their rights to visas and prevented from accessing vital facilities.
Migrants have been transferred from Lesbos Island to Athens after the Greek authorities ordered that a number of migrant shelters and houses be evacuated by asylum seekers whose visa applications were approved.
Earlier this year, the Greek Ministry of Citizen Protection issued a decision to evacuate all buildings housing migrant residents who have received visas or subsidiary protection cards in Greece since 2017.
The Ministry said the eviction should be carried out no later than April 2020.
Activists said the move dovetails the country’s attempt to rein in the influx of migrants and overcrowdings on its islands.
The activists further warned of the fallouts of the decision, which they said will result in increasing numbers of homeless refugees who will be left with neither food nor shelter and be denied their basic human rights.
Palestinian refugees who have fled war-stricken zones to Greece have been denied their rights to visas and prevented from accessing vital facilities.
