Published : 03-12-2017
In Greece, the Mayor of the Island of Lesbos-Mytilini accused the Greek government and the European Union of converting the Greek islands into a “European Guantanamo for refugees.” He called the Greeks for mass demonstrations on Tuesday 5-12-2017 in Athens, to put pressure on the Greek government to solve the issue of the overcrowding of refugees on the islands.
On 29-11-2017, the mayor of Chios issued a request to stop building new camps in the area surrounding Vial camp, to put pressure on the Greek government to send the refugees to the Greek mainland and to reduce the number of refugees in the crowded camps. The expansion works of the camp will continue to be frozen until the first month of the new year.
On their part, activists said that they hope the decision will not aggravate the suffering of the refugees, since the refugees new to Chios island will find difficulty in finding themselves a shelter in the camp, because of the large number of refugees in the cold and raining conditions.
Lesbos Island holds 10 thousand refugees, making it the island holding the highest number of refugees. Among the refugees, there are 500 Palestinian refugees from Syria on the Greek islands, suffering from difficult living conditions, in addition to the slow asylum procedures and their transfer to the Greek mainland.
In Greece, the Mayor of the Island of Lesbos-Mytilini accused the Greek government and the European Union of converting the Greek islands into a “European Guantanamo for refugees.” He called the Greeks for mass demonstrations on Tuesday 5-12-2017 in Athens, to put pressure on the Greek government to solve the issue of the overcrowding of refugees on the islands.
On 29-11-2017, the mayor of Chios issued a request to stop building new camps in the area surrounding Vial camp, to put pressure on the Greek government to send the refugees to the Greek mainland and to reduce the number of refugees in the crowded camps. The expansion works of the camp will continue to be frozen until the first month of the new year.
On their part, activists said that they hope the decision will not aggravate the suffering of the refugees, since the refugees new to Chios island will find difficulty in finding themselves a shelter in the camp, because of the large number of refugees in the cold and raining conditions.
Lesbos Island holds 10 thousand refugees, making it the island holding the highest number of refugees. Among the refugees, there are 500 Palestinian refugees from Syria on the Greek islands, suffering from difficult living conditions, in addition to the slow asylum procedures and their transfer to the Greek mainland.
