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UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon: Lesvos is the Island of Peace

Ban Ki-moon LesvosUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited on Saturday the island of Lesvos and “met with refugees from countries that have suffered very much,” as he said. He toured the refugee and migrant camp at Kara Tepe and the Moria hotspotĀ and thanked the Greek authorities, the local authorities, the humanitarian organisations and the citizens of Lesvos for their help.
“Lesvos is the island of peace and your sea is the sea of solidarity” he said to the people of Mytilene… “You opened your hearts and your homes to support these people in need”. The families of refugees with whom I met today shared with you their hopes. They want from you to give them the opportunity to return all that you have done for them. They want to go back to their country but they are aware that this is only a dream”, said Ban Ki-moon.
Ban Ki-moon also made reference to the international community, he said “the international community wants to help towards the solution of the conflicts in the refugees’ countries and to address the reasons for all those problems”.
“We must unite and react against intolerance and against the human traffickers,” he added, and called on all the European countries to respond by establishing a humanitarian approach that will focus on respect of human rights. “Let’s all work together in order for the relocation of these people to become possible and to find legal ways for this. I recognize and understand the difficulties but there are possibilities and ways exist to meet these challenges”
(source: ana-mpa)

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