Sunday, September 15, 2019

EU Times: Migrants flooding into Greek islands again, 427 arriving in single day - I recall years ago Golden Dawn Party challenging this--their elected leaders jailed --tma






Migrants are flooding the Greek islands again, with another 427 arriving in a single day, according to reports.
Thousands of migrants and human traffickers have been setting sail from Turkey this summer, often bound for Greece.
“Within a 24-hour period, 427 migrants reached the islands of Rhodes, Lesbos and Samos in the east of the Aegean Sea this morning, the Greek coast guard has announced,” HLN reports.
“The reception camps are overcrowded. There is room for around 6,300 refugees, but there are already more than 20,000. A further 4,000 people are housed in smaller camps and homes.”
The latest wave of migrants comes as hundreds now arrive on any given day, including over 600 who landed on the island of Lesbos in a matter of hours in late August. ...