18 November 2019
"Asylum-seekers crowded into “hotspots” in Greece and Italy face limbo that can drag on for years because of legal bottlenecks and poorly performing EU schemes, a report said Wednesday."
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"The document, by the EU’s European Court of Auditors, also found that two agencies meant to assist the two countries with their overflowing camps and caseloads were failing in their missions, partly because of insufficient support from member states."
See: Asylum-seekers in Greece, Italy hotspots face ‘years of limbo’ (Yahoo! News, link)
And: Greek refugee camp for 640 people is found to be housing 3,745 - Unaccompanied children sleeping on floors at facility on island of Samos, EU audit say (Guardian, link)
The report by the European Court of Auditors:
Responses to the report from:
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