Please share. PIKPA is a symbol for refugee movement in Greece
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Lesvos Solidarity Camp (ex-PIKPA) is a unique volunteer and refugee run
camp, which was created in 2012 and is now under threat of closure. It has
been at the heart of the *greatest humanitarian crisis *to hit Europe in
over
half a century, providing shelter to the most vulnerable refugees and
supporting the humanitarian needs of refugees all over the island and
other parts of Greece.
Following the *EU Turkey Deal*, the Mayor of Lesvos
announced the closure of the camp, along with other solidarity built
structures. Refugees will instead be held in closed detention centres
akin to prisons, run by the army and police.
PIKPA Camp hosts *vulnerable refugees*, including people
with disabilities, lone women and children, and the families of
shipwreck survivors. Over the past six months, around 2000 people have
been sheltered at the camp. Residents receive the care, information and
protection that they deserve, including medical care, psychosocial
support, information and legal advice.
In a situation where more than *50,000 thousand*
*refugees are trapped in Greece*, a country facing an economic and
humanitarian crisis, the decision announced by the Mayor to close the
camp is illogical and short sighted - and a tragedy for the people who
have been relying on its support.
There are currently *not enough reception facilities* in
Greece to look after fit and healthy refugees, let alone those in need
of immediate care. Most refugees are being hosted in squalid, unsanitary
and substandard conditions. As a result of this and the quality of care
that we provide, we have received a statement of support from leading
humanitarian actors, such as M?decins Sans Fronti?res. **
For the last three and a half years, PIKPA has been
operating on a site granted to the local Municipality; who would prefer
the site became a summer camp for children, despite the
gravity of the crisis they are engulfed in.
We call on the government of Greece and the
municipality of Lesvos to *allow the Lesvos Solidarity Collective to
continue*
*meeting the needs of vulnerable refugees at PIKPA Camp*.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/15/dispatches-refugee-sanctuary-lesbos-pope-should-visit
https://www.facebook.com/pikpalesvos/?fref=ts
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Mr_Galinos_Mayor_of_Mytilini_SAVE_LESVOS_SOLIDARITY_CAMP_PIKPA/?ciOjskb
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