The Greek government has announced that it is suspending an emergency plan that was set to build extra migrant detention camps on Greek islands near the Turkish coast. This will pave the way for the Greek government to enter into negotiations with local authorities who strongly oppose the move.
UNN brought you the beginnings of these developments last month when thousands of Greek protestors took to the streets to protest against plans to build new detention camps.
Thousands of Greeks protesters RAGE over the overcrowding and violence at refugee camps
Today Notis Mitarakis who is the migration affairs minister in Greece has today said that the plan that was only announced last week has been put on hold in order to facilitate discussion with the local authorities on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Leros and Kos. The Greek government wanted to replace the existing overcrowded camps with closed facilities and has already issued land appropriation orders.
Islanders staged immediate protests against the proposed construction. One protest set up roadblocks on the Island of Lesbos. The protestors feared amid that these new sites would place an additional burden on their small communities. As part of a 2016 agreement between the European Union and Turkey, Lesbos and four other Greek islands have been used as natural barriers for migrants and refugees trying to reach the mainland of EU member Greece. Turkey was paid a considerable sum of money to police this EU external border. However, over the last year migration from Turkey into the EU has rocketed. This has resulted in serious overcrowding at the existing island camps and living conditions for migrants that U.N. officials have called horrific.
These developments have received little to no coverage from the British MSM. One story ran by the Guardian placed an article highlights the human right abuses in the camp in Lesbos. The Guardian claims that 21,000 people are in this camp and described it as the “worst refugee camp in the world”. It would appear that the EU has still not got a grip of the 2016 migrant crisis, which was billed as the worst since the end of WW2.
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