UN ceases migrant transfers to sealed Lesbos camp

Mar 22, 2016 16:16

The UN refugee agency said today it will no longer transfer newly-arrived migrants on Lesbos to a camp on the island, after Greece began to confine them to the facility as part of the EU-Turkey deal.

The Moria camp, which was visited by Hollywood star and UN refugee agency envoy Angelina Jolie last week, has now been sealed and migrants ( Read more... )

deportation, greece, immigration, clusterfuck

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calinewarkwc69 March 22 2016, 15:21:29 UTC
(I hope it's okay, that I posted a second article today.)

POST AWAY! We LOVE it!

As far as this article... it's somewhat astounding to me that with all of Greece's problems, they still seem to be doing a lot for refugees.

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hobbits_friend March 22 2016, 15:36:35 UTC
So I can post one more today (that would be my last)? The rules say 2-3.
There is so much news about the U.S. election (interesting news, but still) so I wanted to post some different things and today I finally have the time.

Yes, I think they try hard. There are so many people arriving and most other countries in the EU just seem to criticize Greece instead of helping.

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calinewarkwc69 March 22 2016, 15:45:29 UTC
Don't worry about it! If we feel like you're posting incessantly or articles we don't want, we'll reject the post. There IS a lot going on with US elections, but we'd like to maintain some variety as well but please feel free to submit whatever you'd like, whenever you'd like!

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eveofrevolution March 22 2016, 16:02:08 UTC

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