8 minutes agoGreece announces establishment of new asylum seekers camps
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Greece will create new camps for asylum seekers in its Aegean Sea islands, hoping it will end months of overcrowding and violence with the restoration scheme. The new camps will enable asylum seekers to go out during the day, while at night it will be closed, Euronews writes, broadcast [...]
The new camps will enable asylum seekers to get out during the day, while at night it will be closed, Euronews writes, broadcast Klan Kosova.
Over 400,000 asylum seekers currently are in Greece, according to recent estimates. The new camps are designed to accommodate about 20,000 of them where they will be restricted with a quarterly stay there.
“The Government's version of the creation of new camps and the implementation of new procedures are welcomed”, said Philippe Leclerc, representative of the U n NHCR in Greece.
And what we want is to get rid of this situation, which is a disaster for people who live today and for months under overcrowding conditions”.
