The Greek island of Samos is home to at least 3,800 asylum seekers which is half the size of the local population and four times its camp capacity, says a report on Al Jazeera.
As John Psaropoulos reports, many have opted to live in the open. There’s no running water, and the best way to have a bath is to swim in the sea.
It is estimated that around 18,000 asylum-seekers are now living on the Greek islands.
Migrant numbers are expected to rise following an agreement with Germany last week for the return of migrants who applied for asylum in Greece and then turned up at Germany’s border with Austria.
It is expected to lead to the imminent return of some 2,000 migrants to Greece.
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