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By order of the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalia, and decision of the Secretary General of Civil Protection, Vassilis Papageorgiou, the Lesbos Regional Unit declares a State of Emergency of Civil Protection, for public health reasons.
According to a relevant announcement, this state of emergency is valid from today September 9, 2020 and for four months.
Homeless 3,500 immigrants from Moria
The fire that broke out at the Moria Penitentiary in Lesbos completely destroyed the facilities of the hospitality structure, leaving 3,500 migrants homeless.
Initially, it was estimated that 13,000 migrants were found outside the KYT and dispersed across the island, but this is not the case, as most live in settlements around the KYT, which are home to 3,500 people.
Video of Moria
The situation prevailing in Moria after the fire is recorded on video from the local website www.stonisi.gr.
Extraordinary measures by EODY to prevent the spread of the coronavirus
At the same time, information indicates that EODY will take and announce immediate measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, since 35 positive migrants for the virus were identified yesterday.
Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos, Asylum and Immigration Policy Minister Notis Mitarakis and EODY President Panagiotis Arkoumaneas go to Lesbos on the Prime Minister’s order, to assess the situation closely. At 6:00 in the afternoon they will give a press conference from Lesbos, while at 13:00 the Deputy Minister of Migration Policy, George Koumoutsakos will give an informative talk.
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Extraordinary financing of the Commission for the relocation of 400 minors
The safety and shelter of people in Moria is a priority, Internal Affairs Commissioner Ilva Johansson said in a post on Twitter after the Moria fire, and announced funding for inland transportation and accommodation for 400 children and adolescents. unaccompanied.
“The last thing until tomorrow” will be the transfer of the 400 unaccompanied minors who lived in the Moria Penitentiary in mainland Greece, sources from the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum inform APE-MPE.
Schinas to Mitsotaki: “The Commission is ready to help”
The Commission is ready to help Greece at all levels, underlined the Vice-President of the Commission and Commissioner for Promotion of the European way of life, Margaritis Schoinas, in a telephone conversation she had with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the Moria fire.
“I have just communicated with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the fire in Moria. I assured him that the European Commission is ready to help Greece directly at all levels during these difficult times.” Commissioner Ilva Johansson is in contact with relevant ministers “Schinas said in a Twitter post.
Three MAT squads from Athens have gone to the island
Aid has been sent from Athens, specifically three MAT squads to Lesbos, to deal with the problem that has arisen since the night after the fires that broke out in Moria and have destroyed a large part of the KYT.
As it became known from the headquarters of EL.AS., there are already strong forces on the island, however all the foreigners (approximately 13,000) who were in KYT after the fires are concentrated outside the structure, where they are kept, and solutions are sought for your home. .
Petsas: We are also examining the possibility of provocation by the Moria fire
The form and causes that led to the arson are being investigated, as the Fire Department could not act as it could, as it was prevented by all this explosion and the reaction in the settlement after information about positive cases. There were real fights all night. The island will be declared a state of emergency, the government spokesman told ERT this morning, while those living in Moria will be banned from leaving the island to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the population, as 35 applicants for asylum and positive asylum seekers. it has spread to a wider area. As Mr. Petsas said, there will be immediate attention to house the thousands of people, with special attention to protecting the most vulnerable.
In statements to SKAI, Petsas stressed that the fires were entered by the immigrants themselves and the reason was the identification of 35 people positive for the coronavirus, who were announced that they should be quarantined, transferred to another place and should be traced. the contacts. its.
However, Mr. Petsas left open the possibility that the provocation and the fire are instigated by external factors and therefore, as he pointed out, all possibilities will be investigated.
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