After deadly fire, Greece to move migrants from packed camps
Monday 30/September/2019 - 03:14 PM
Greece’s conservative government is expected to
accelerate efforts to move thousands of refugees and migrants from its eastern
islands to the mainland following a deadly fire at the country’s largest camp
on the island of Lesbos.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a cabinet
meeting Monday, a day after a fire at the Moria refugee camp on left Lesbos one
woman dead and 17 injured. More than 12,000 people are housed in the camp and
around its perimeter. That is four times the site’s capacity.
Government officials have already announced their
intention to expand a mainland network of camps, speed up asylum reviews and
restart summary deportations to Turkey for asylum seekers whose claims have
been rejected.
