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First coronavirus case in Greek migrant camps as asylum seeker tests positive

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First coronavirus case in Greek migrant camps as asylum seeker tests positive after giving birth at a hospital in Athens The woman tested positive after going to hospital from a camp at Ritsona Another woman living with the new mother has tested negative for coronavirus Ten hospital staff have been quarantined and three people are … Read more

Greece to empty overcrowded migrant camps to prevent Covid-19 spread

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Greece is at risk of coronavirus deaths spiking due to migrant camps where 42,000 people are packed into facilities designed for 6,000, making social distancing impossible  Greek camps hold 42,000 migrants in facilities built for just 6,000 people  Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar warns EU take ‘immediate action’ to avoid spread  French police begin moving migrants from … Read more

Greece curbs migrants’ movements in crowded camps

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Greek authorities have unveiled plans to restrict the movement of migrants living in overcrowded camps on its islands in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.   Over the next 30 days, people living in camps such as Lesbos will be allowed to temporarily exit the facilities only in small groups, every hour between … Read more

Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Lesbos to demand ‘no migrant camps’

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Thousands of protesters today marched through the streets of the Greek island of Lesbos in a rally to demand the government to halt new migrant camps, a day after violent clashes left more than 60 injured. Business owners and unions called for a general strike on the island to continue, with shops shuttered for the second … Read more

Clashes break out in Lesbos as locals battle with police while to stop work on new migrant camps 

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Residents have fought riot police with wooden sticks and set up flaming barricades on the roads in an attempt to halt the construction of new migrant detention centres on two Greek islands. At least 500 people on Lesbos and Chios – including regional governor Kostas Moutzouris and West Lesbos mayor Taxiarchis Verros – clashed with … Read more