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Greek police use tear gas against migrants
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The situation becomes more dramatic and the people more desperate
There’s a lot of discussion about the Moria refugee recordings, but little action. Cities and municipalities report on vacancies, but Union politicians in particular are calling for a European solution first.
Police took action against hundreds of migrants protesting on the island of Lesbos. Stones had been thrown at the police. The police used tear gas. Refugees mainly want to go to Germany.
northAfter the fire in the Moria refugee camp, Greek police used tear gas against migrants protesting on the island of Lesbos on Saturday.
As a photographer for the AFP news agency reported, migrants had previously thrown stones at police officers. Hundreds of former residents of the camp, who had to stay outdoors for four days, protested against their desperate situation near the island’s capital, Mytilene.
Brief tensions erupted on Saturday when hundreds of migrants marched down a street towards the port of Mytilene chanting “Freedom” and “No camp.” The police cordoned off the entrance.
Migrants protesting on Lesbos near the Greek city of Mytilene
Quelle: AFP / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS
Police use tear gas against stone throwers
What: REUTERS
The Moria camp was almost completely destroyed in the fires on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), 11,500 people, including 4,000 children, have been made homeless.
The Greek government sent ships to Lesbos to give families and people especially in need new places to sleep. Attempts by the Greek army to set up a tented camp have so far failed due to violent protests by refugees and residents. Therefore, thousands of asylum seekers remain outdoors four days after the disaster.
Concern about the spread of the corona virus
“We sleep on the ground or on the street,” a group of former camp residents reported on Facebook. “We have nothing to cover ourselves with, not even a jacket to protect us from the cold and wind at night.” Some fugitives even slept under the trees at the local cemetery.
Police block a road in Lesbos
Quelle: AP / Petros Giannakouris
In addition, there are concerns about the spread of the corona virus by infected residents of the camp who have not yet been found, the group said. According to the Greek news agency ANA, the fires started on Tuesday after protests by some residents of the camp, who were to be quarantined after a positive corona test.
Many of the refugees no longer want to stay in Lesbos, but mainly in Germany. But many islanders, as well as the mayor of the affected port city of Mytilini, reject the establishment of a new camp.
In the face of the chaos, human rights organization Human Rights Watch warned on Saturday of “growing tensions between residents, asylum seekers and the police.”
