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Lesvos Island Calls Strike Against EU Refugee Policies

Migrant camp in Lesvos island

Authorities on the island of Lesvos have called a strike and are urging residents to take part in anti-government protests, to press for a change in European Union policy of containment of refugees and migrants on Greece’s islands.
In a statement, the island’s municipality called the strike for Monday against the policy of turning Lesvos into an “island prison.”
The Greek government and the EU have ignored pleas from the mayors of Lesvos, and the nearby islands of Chios, Samos, Leros and Kos, to allow more migrants to travel to the Greek mainland, resulting in major overcrowding at island facilities.
More than 8,000 migrants and refugees are stranded on Lesvos, where the reception capacity stands at 1,500.
Source: AP

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