Eastern Aegean Islands
Government’s handling of migration is ‘a resounding failure,’ says ND president Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis deplored conditions at the hotspot for refugees and migrants on Samos as “pitiful,” following a tour of the facility on the northern Aegean island on Tuesday morning.
Migration minister interview: “We must relieve refugee camps and the islands from pressures”
Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas stated on Monday that there are six locations and particularly three northern Aegean islands where overcrowding at migrant camps must be eased, speaking to Athens-Macedonian News Agency’s radio “Praktoreio”.