Immigrants in “trash” churches and cemeteries in Moria – Newsbomb – News

At the same time, along with the contamination of the area, authorities fear an outbreak of a local coronavirus epidemic, as the 35 migrants who tested positive for the virus have now mixed with the other migrants, creating a cocktail of health that causes terror.

The images broadcast from the area are shocking. Refugees and immigrants find refuge in churches and cemeteries, eat on the ground, light fires where they can find them, while the stench is intense due to the crowds and non-existent sanitary conditions.

The police authorities do not control them, nor do they try to remove them despite strong protests from neighbors. The police are trying to prevent migrants from reaching the city.

The tension in “red” – Immigrants in the streets, indignant residents

Feature: Evdokia Mytili

Locals are outraged as they fear a sanitary bomb is about to explode on the island right now, with coronavirus-positive migrants mixed in with the rest, while on the other. They say “no” to the reconstruction of the KYT, not wanting the resettlement of immigrants in the area.

Immigrants are in a miserable situation, since until they complete their housing plan in tents, hotels and boats, they sleep piled up in the streets and cemeteries. Most keep bags with minimal items. Large numbers of refugees and immigrants have made their way to Kara Tepe.

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In the meantime residents erected barricades to prevent rehabilitation work, protesting the shock in their lives caused by the problem of refugee immigration, a heavy burden that has been borne by the island.

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Residents are now demanding not only that no rehabilitation work be done, but that refugees and migrants be relocated.

The police forces still do not allow the inhabitants of KYT to move inland while the island authorities are talking about health pump, in fact, given the confirmed cases coronavirus among refugees and migrants.

According to the local website tonisi.gr, Executives from the municipal authority of Mytilene had blocked the road on Thursday near Fanos, even installing machinery from the Municipality., with a request not to carry out cleaning work in the burned area of ​​KYT. To house the thousands of refugees and migrants who spent a second night on the streets and in the countryside.

The mayor of Mytilene, Stratis Kytelis that you have in your hands and the relevant decisions municipal Council talk about “no structure on the island” invites all residents to attend as much as they can to protect the block.

In a statement distributed to the media, Mr. Kytelis stated that Embracing the outrage of the public at the current situation and strictly observing the decisions of the City Council, it will continue to try with all its might for the definitive closure of Moria Hospital, insisting on the decision of “no structure in Lesbos”.

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It is no coincidence that from the first moment all eyes were on the 35 people who initially tested positive for the coronavirus, but were not identified after the migrants fled the devastated Moria.

The shocking images, with thousands of migrants sleeping in streets and fields next to garbage after the catastrophic fire in Moria, were also commented on by Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, a professor of microbiology at the University of West Attica.

Speaking to SKAI on Thursday morning (09/10), Mr. Vatopoulos highlighted:

“It just came to our attention then. I don’t have a complete picture, but it is absolutely clear that thousands of people without infrastructure, toilets, etc., stacked on top of each other is a prerequisite for disease transmission. I am afraid of poisoning. food, contaminated water, as I see in the photos. We are talking about an unhealthy situation that must definitely be resolved. “

What Schinas and Mitarakis said

“Moria is here to remind Europe that we have to change. We are a family of 27 countries, we are the world’s largest market, we have 25% of the world’s wealth, it is inconceivable that Europe does not yet have a single coherent immigration policy. “Said in a dramatic tone from Mytilene the vice president of the European Commission Margaritis Schoinas.

Immigration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis blamed the local government for the impossibility of cooperation, while admitting that the health issue is out of control, as all those who tested positive for the coronavirus are ignored. “It is a very difficult situation. We faced the fire on the first day, yesterday we had alternatives for the asylum seekers to sleep safely.” We had the second fires whose causes are being sought by Mr. Chrysochoidis and the Greek police, “he said.

Images: shock from Moria. Refugees and migrants in the streets,

Immigrants slept on the streets, in store parking lots and in fields next to KYT, which, as we were the first to broadcast on Newsbomb.gr, was completely destroyed after the double fire that broke out late in the afternoon of Wednesday.

The police presence is strong, while residents are on the rails right now the area is a health bomb, ready to explode.

The authorities have no doubt that it is an arson, although the corresponding investigation by the Hellenic Firefighters and Police is awaited. The role of some specific non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the messages they sent a few minutes before the fire broke out to evacuate the structure are being considered.

The last fire, however, had three outbreaks and left few tents that had not been completely destroyed in the camp.

See in the gallery that follows, how the refugees and immigrants of Moria found the sunrise on Thursday.

Residents are sounding the alarm at a time when a humanitarian and health crisis is unfolding in Moria.

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