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Greece races to move refugees from island likened to a 'new Lesbos'

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Immigration Refugees Detention
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Greece

21 February 2019

Migration minister warns camp on Samos where hundreds of children live in squalor is six times over capacity

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"Greek authorities are scrambling to house almost 4,000 people crammed into an overflowing migrant camp in Samos, as aid groups warn of a “humanitarian disaster” on one of Europe’s forgotten frontlines.

Likening Samos to a “new Lesbos,” the country’s migration minister warned of a race against the clock to find suitable accommodation for the ever growing number of people trapped in a reception centre now six times over capacity."

See: Greece races to move refugees from island likened to a 'new Lesbos' - Migration minister warns camp on Samos where hundreds of children live in squalor is six times over capacity (Guardian, link)

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