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Greece Says 44,035 Refugees were in its Territory on Sunday

refugees_PireasThe ministry of migration policy said on Sunday 44,035 refugees were in Greeceā€™s territory, with 8,904 located on the islands of the eastern Aegean, 10,987 in the region of Attica and 12,000 stranded in Idomeni, in northern Greece.
According to the data, the islands of Chios, Samos, Lesvos, Leros, Rhodes, Symi, Megisti, Kos, Farmakonisi, Patmos, Kalymnos and Samothraki registered 2,702 new arrivals of refugees and migrants on Sunday who are hosted in hotspots and other camps. The majority (5,310) are on Lesvos, while Chios and Samos had 2,561 and 410 people respectively.
In the region of Attica, 4,166 people are housed in the old airport facilities of Ellinikon and another 3,300 are in Piraeus port.
Central Greece is accommodating 1,102 refugees, while the majority (23,042) in northern Greece and specifically at the makeshift camp of Idomeni (12,000). The former military camp of Mazaraki in Kilkis accommodates 3,640 refugees and Nea Karvali 3,370.

Alt. Defense Minister visits Schisto’s refugee relocation camp

Alternate Defense Minister Dimitris Vitsas visited the refugee relocation camp of Schisto, in Piraeus, on Sunday to inspect first-hand the living conditions offered to the people who are accommodated in the former Stefanaki military camp. Vitsas expressed his satisfaction for the effectiveness of the Armed Forces who set up the camp as part of the efforts to manage the refugee-migration crisis.
(source: ana-mpa)

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