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NRK meets with the business council leader in the village of Moria, which is less than 300 meters from the camp of the same name.
Sotiris Marinatos says that migrants tend sheep in the pasture and that it has become almost impossible to farm in the area. House prices have plummeted and businesses have to move or close.
The people have asked the Lesbos authorities for help, but nothing has happened:
– Nobody listens to our complaints, we feel terribly badly treated, we no longer believe in the local authorities.
He said many were scared when they saw the flames of the fire in the camp on Wednesday. And now they fear that the village will be invaded by immigrants who have nowhere to go.
Barriers for aid organizations
A stone’s throw away, local activists block the road with trucks and construction machinery to prevent aid organizations from transporting tents to a new temporary camp. They hope that the countryside will never be rebuilt and that the migrants will be transferred to another city in Europe.
They will not appear by name because they run the risk of being reported to the police for civil disobedience.
A local citizen protection blocks the road to Morialeiren. They just let the private cars go.
Photo: Gunnar Bratthammer
One person NRK talks to says he has nothing personal against migrants. He says that his grandmother was a refugee from Turkey and that he knows very well how painful it is to run away.
But it is more than a local community can tolerate having 13,000 people so close to the body.
This is the last chance
At the café table in Moria, NRK sample local cheeses and cold cuts. Marinatos says he hopes the Greek prime minister will now step in and help them.
– It is our last hope, otherwise we have to leave here. It is no longer affordable to live here.
Sotiris Marinatos på stamcafeen i Moria.
Photo: Gunnar Bratthammer / NRK
