Here some news from Lesvos from the last days:
-WALKING with exhausted CHILD.
A desperate syrian couple walking along the streets of Lesvos to get to Mitilini. (65 kilometer from the north) Among the things pulled behind them, on top of a garbage top, is lying their exhausted child. A scene that should never happen again.
-DEATHS AT SEA?
min 3- min 4.20
Eric Kempson reports having been the witness (from big distance) of a boat disapearing in the rough sea still on türkisch waters. No other such info anywhere but unfortunetly this can be the truth. Nobodie notices if people disapear..
-TRANSPORT aloud.
The Minister of Interior N.Voutsis anounnced a postive change concerning the transport of people without documents. taken by the greek goverment.
The transport of new coming refugees is aloud and financed by buses to bring the people safely to the centers for new ariving refugees.
Welcome to Europe! That is how the Major of Lesvos S.Gglinos welcomed journalists from diferent european medias who are in Lesvos reporting - (Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), (France Inter Radio), (Le Monde), (Berlingske Media) (NLC).
The major presented the plan of the community to open three temporary centers in the ares where refugees arrive, to shelter them. One tent shelter has opened in Kara Tepe near Mitlini beginning of the week.
-SYRIANS should get registered in Athens.
Next day the Minister of Protection of the Citisen visited Lesvos and spalk with the authorities about the immense amount of refugees arriving. He orderd concrete steps that got immediatly realised:
To let Syrian refugees travel to Athens to make the registration there, instead of keeping them in the streets of Lesvos for days.
And free daily a big amount of refugees from other countries so that there is space for the newcomers.
-FREE new comers
On the first day of the visit of the minister 750 refugees were freed from Moria detention and could travel to Pireus.
On the first day of the visit of the minister 750 refugees were freed from Moria detention and could travel to Pireus.
This should continue the next days freeing fastly people.
-The greek UNHCR
decided due to the crisis to augment their personal on the islands Lesvos Chios Samo Ko Rhodos Leros and Evros.https://left.gr/news/i-upati-armosteia-enishyei-tin-paroysia-tis-sta-ellinika-nisia-logo-tis-ayxisis-ton-prosfygikon#sthash.dH3pIs1e.dpuf
-Coast guard oficers Crete and Leros WRITE NUMBERS ON HANDS! of new ariving refugees to register them!
We had the first pictures from Chania few weeks ago and now from Leros island.
When will the goverment pursuie oficers doing something like this?
-TRIAL of syrian minor in Lesvos will not take place.
The young man was since 2 years in detention.
He was freed two weeks ago through a new regulation of the goveerment his famlis thanks everyone who suported him organised a Lawyer etc.
-Authoritie NUMBERS
550% more arivals in the northen greek turkisch borders sea in March April 2015 compared to 2014 says the (Ε.Σ.Κ.Ε.Σ.Μ.Α.) national coordinating center of the border control . This two months and only in Lesvos 8.735 refugees were caught , 2014 it was 1.345 In Samos 534,21% augmentation , 2.410 refugees arived 2015, one year ago it was 380.
All together this two months 18.456 (they write "illegal migrants" arrived) in the last three months so the augmentation of those entering Greece through the sea borders ist 469%.
Many media report
but here one from the Irish times:
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