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«The bottom line is that there is a dead end that will not end wellA government official said last Friday morning about the situation in Lesbos, after double and complete arson of facilities in Moria.
And the truth is that things were difficult: the government had to find a solution immediate housing of 12,000 people!
To take a picture, a city like Argostoli has a population of approx. 10,000 people. So the situation after the destruction of Moria alone was not easy. And yet, from yesterday until the weekend, it is expected that the problem of welcoming immigrants, whose feeding continues normally, has been solved.
It may not yet be documented what exactly happened last week in largest refugee camp on Greek soilHowever, the case immediately aroused the interest of the international media.
The fire was the work of some hyperactive immigrants who thought that this would force the government to take them to Atticasaid the Prime Minister.
However, in addition to the approximately 12,000 immigrants, thousands of Greeks live on Lesbos, whose daily lives have been completely disrupted by the arrival of thousands of people from war zones but also from poor African countries.
In the aftermath of the Moria fire, the local Lesbos community reacted in disagreement with any government initiative to solve the migrant housing problem. The people of Mytilene immediately demanded island decongestion, migrants also demanded their relocation to mainland Greece and the government authorities again found themselves with a hot potato in their hands, as had happened in early 2020, when the Prime Minister reestablished the Ministry of Immigration.
The reaction of local communities to the creation of closed centers
Despite the suspicion, the political leadership of the Immigration Ministry has shown that it is trying to find solutions. The accusations that immigrants must be housed in a closed and controlled structure and not in the impunity of Moria are endless. Non-governmental organizations are active with the immigrant it fell to the Minister of Immigration and Asylum Notis Mitarakis and the deputy of George Koumoutsakos.
In the recent past, in February 2020, the government tried to continue with the construction of closed Reception and Identification Centers, but local communities reacted. With stones, including threats of lynching, the islanders of Lesbos and Chios pursued and succeeded in expelling special police units from their islands. What would happen within the country if the government insisted on creating a hot spot and used violence, it is easy to suspect.
Flow reduction by 80%
Meanwhile, from the beginning of the year until August, it was a long time ago that both the coronavirus and the Greek-Turkish crisis did not make it possible to make it known to the general public. The flows, that is, the entries of immigrants to Greek territory, decreased by 80% following the coordinated efforts of the Ministries of Civil Protection, Navigation and Immigration. How did this vertical decline in newcomers come about?
Better border guards, deportations of those who were not entitled to asylum, control of NGOs, cuts in benefits for those who were not entitled to them, and streamlining of asylum procedures. And the last category, only on Lesbos, was about 13,500 people who have the right to asylum and therefore had to move off the island. And this happened, as the people of Mytilene know. Furthermore, the flows were almost zero, as the Samians, the Chianos, the inhabitants of Kos and Leri well know.
Of the five islands selected by refugees and migrant smugglers as gateways to Greece and the EU, in five months they were almost wiped out 25,000 people. And all this without even creating the new structures, just as the government planned.
Speed record
There are no perfect solutions to difficult problems that resemble a strong bond. This is how the situation in Moria looked after the fire and the destruction of the Reception and Identification Center. The government acted immediately, Michalis Chrysochoidis assumed the responsibility of maintaining order by going to the island himself and Notis Mitarakis which is also for four days in Lesbos located a new place for the accommodation of immigrants and with speed record the new Hot Spot is up and running.
Within a week, tents will be erected to house some 12,000 people thanks to the efforts of his men. army, who work tirelessly while many NGO representatives simply see them idle.
Even the control of immigrants with a rapid test for coronavirus, where the results come out 15 minutes after sampling it was not easy. This is because it is not enough to recreate a reception and reception center for 12,000 immigrants.
The 35 migrants with Covid-19 must be re-identified, hospitalized in health establishments, at the same time the people with whom they had close contact must be isolated and the healthy and healthy must be protected.optical population on Lesbos. Because the safety and health of residents and immigrants is an absolute priority. And crisis management requires decisions to deal with even a situation that at first appears hopeless.
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