Published : 13-09-2017
UNHCR announced that 3600 refugees arrived in Greece last August, through the Aegean Sea, while only 2000 did in July.
UNHCR also confirmed that the majority are from Syria and Iraq and amongst them is a large number of children. They arrived in the Greek Islands of Lesvos, Chios, Samos and Leros. The elevated numbers in August is loading the reception capacities of the overcrowding camps, as well as obstructing the efforts made to improve the situation and increasing the difficult living conditions in the congested camps of the Greek Islands.
60 thousand refugees and displaced people are now present in Greece, mostly from Syria and Afghanistan. They are living in camps across the country.
The number of Palestinians of Syria stranded in Greece are estimated to be 400, including families, women, children and elderly people, most of which are on the Islands of (Lesvos, Mytilene, Chios, Leros and Kos). They are living in refugee camps or large reception halls. Most of the refugees fled from Yarmouk, Deraa, Aedin and Al-Husseiniya camps in Syria.
UNHCR announced that 3600 refugees arrived in Greece last August, through the Aegean Sea, while only 2000 did in July.
UNHCR also confirmed that the majority are from Syria and Iraq and amongst them is a large number of children. They arrived in the Greek Islands of Lesvos, Chios, Samos and Leros. The elevated numbers in August is loading the reception capacities of the overcrowding camps, as well as obstructing the efforts made to improve the situation and increasing the difficult living conditions in the congested camps of the Greek Islands.
60 thousand refugees and displaced people are now present in Greece, mostly from Syria and Afghanistan. They are living in camps across the country.
The number of Palestinians of Syria stranded in Greece are estimated to be 400, including families, women, children and elderly people, most of which are on the Islands of (Lesvos, Mytilene, Chios, Leros and Kos). They are living in refugee camps or large reception halls. Most of the refugees fled from Yarmouk, Deraa, Aedin and Al-Husseiniya camps in Syria.
