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Lesbos – According to the Deputy Minister of Migration, Notis Mitarakis, the acute crisis of migrants who have been made homeless on the Greek island of Lesbos has ended for the moment. “We have completed the first phase to deal with the crisis in Moria,” he told Greek television station Skai on Sunday. The new structure works, he said of the short-term tent camp set up for the around 12,000 people who had been made homeless after the fire in the Moria refugee camp.
The location of 2,000 people is unclear
According to Mitarakis, some 10,000 people have moved to the Kara Tepe camp on the east coast of the island. He did not say where the remaining 2,000 people are. Some migrants do not want to move to the new camp for fear that they will not be allowed to leave it. The police have yet to find them.
At the tent camp, all the people were searched so that they could continue their asylum procedures, Greek news agency ANA-MPA reported on Saturday. Also, they were tested for the corona virus when they moved into the camp, and so far the tests have been positive in 213 people. Those infected would be isolated in a separate part of the field.
The streets where homeless people have lived since the great fire are once again free for traffic, the island’s online portal reported. Sto nisi. Starting Monday, the surrounding stores that had been closed in recent days would also reopen. The authorities are busy cleaning and disinfecting the streets. The Greek government promised compensation for those citizens whose olive groves caught fire in the fire and also for those who were unable to work due to the chaos that followed because the streets and shops were closed.
He died in a desolate state even before the fire
The migrants had been made homeless after the fire in the Moria camp on September 8-9 and literally had to sleep on the street and in the surrounding olive groves, without any infrastructure such as running water and toilets. On Thursday, police began escorting people to the new tent camp.
The fully packed Moria registration warehouse was almost completely closed before the Corona fire: of the 12,000 migrants, half of them women and children, only about 100 were able to leave the warehouse for important visits to authorities or appointments medical. Many had been waiting there for months or even more than a year for their asylum decision. Others were in the field with rejected asylum applications.
Due to the desperate situation, there have been repeated riots, riots and fires in Moria in recent years. This time, too, the fire was allegedly caused by migrants who reportedly started fires in different locations at the same time in strong winds. Six men were arrested for this; Four of the alleged arsonists, aged 19 and 20, are said to have faced a first hearing on Saturday in Lesbos, and two more suspected 17-year-olds are said to be heard on Monday.
Migrants from Lesbos are demanding that they be completely removed from the island. This is also supported by humanitarian organizations. Athens has adhered to the EU agreement with Turkey since 2016. According to it, all migrants must remain on the islands until their asylum procedure is completed. Those who do not obtain asylum must return to Turkey. With reference to Corona, Turkey has not accepted migrants with rejected asylum applications for months. (dpa)
