Friday, 7 October 2016

Greece - Lost in frustration: Lesbos at boiling point over refugee limbo: euronews (in English)

Published on Oct 7, 2016
The EU-Turkey deal signed in March to stop the flow of refugees into Europe has turned the Greek island of Lesbos into a floating detention centre.

Some 6,000 migrants and refugees are now "stranded there until their asylum claims have been processed":http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-09-20.... Most will likely not qualify, and face deportation back to Turkey.

Tensions with locals run high. Many have shown solidarity, but far-right a…
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