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Migrants Stranded on Greek Island Call For Urgent Action by European Commission

Published : 27-12-2020

Migrants Stranded on Greek Island Call For Urgent Action by European Commission

Migrants on a camp set up in Greece to shelter migrants after fires broke out in Moria Camp sent a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, urging her to take serious measures in response to their appeals for humanitarian action.

Some 7,000 migrants and asylum seekers are sheltered in the new camp set up on Lesbos Island.

In a recent report, Greece's government was accused of "neglect" and "risking migrants' lives" by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) over what they claim has been poor handling of the COVID-19 crisis relating to health and safety measures at refugee and migrant camps around the country.

HRW said that the Greek authorities have simply not done enough to address the dangerous overcrowding and lack of health care, access to basic human needs such as adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene products to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in camps.

"While the Greek government is working to stop the spread of the virus, the images of the squalid conditions in camps on the islands make clear that it's not complying with minimum preventive and protective measures against Covid-19 there," said Belkis Wille, senior Crisis and Conflict researcher at Human Rights Watch. 

"Even handwashing and social distancing are impossible in these circumstances." 

According to the latest figures, a total of 34,875 migrants and asylum seekers are living in the migrant reception centers on the Greek Aegean islands of Chios, Kos, Leros, Lesbos, and Samos, which is more than six times their collective capacity. 

HRW stated that Greece's government needs to take more immediate measures to protect those most vulnerable to COVID-19 in those camps to avert a full-blown, public health crisis.

 

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/11086

Migrants on a camp set up in Greece to shelter migrants after fires broke out in Moria Camp sent a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, urging her to take serious measures in response to their appeals for humanitarian action.

Some 7,000 migrants and asylum seekers are sheltered in the new camp set up on Lesbos Island.

In a recent report, Greece's government was accused of "neglect" and "risking migrants' lives" by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) over what they claim has been poor handling of the COVID-19 crisis relating to health and safety measures at refugee and migrant camps around the country.

HRW said that the Greek authorities have simply not done enough to address the dangerous overcrowding and lack of health care, access to basic human needs such as adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene products to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in camps.

"While the Greek government is working to stop the spread of the virus, the images of the squalid conditions in camps on the islands make clear that it's not complying with minimum preventive and protective measures against Covid-19 there," said Belkis Wille, senior Crisis and Conflict researcher at Human Rights Watch. 

"Even handwashing and social distancing are impossible in these circumstances." 

According to the latest figures, a total of 34,875 migrants and asylum seekers are living in the migrant reception centers on the Greek Aegean islands of Chios, Kos, Leros, Lesbos, and Samos, which is more than six times their collective capacity. 

HRW stated that Greece's government needs to take more immediate measures to protect those most vulnerable to COVID-19 in those camps to avert a full-blown, public health crisis.

 

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/11086