In the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos a young man has died after he was stabbed during a fight. The medical charity MSF says conditions in the migrant camp created the ‘perfect storm’ for violence.
The state of Berlin has passed a decree to bring 300 vulnerable refugees from Greece to Germany. Separately, Germany's federal government has announced that an additional 243 refugee children from the Greek Islands would arrive at the end of June or the beginning of July.
The state of Berlin is planning its own relocation initiative to bring 300 vulnerable refugees from Greece to Germany. The draft decree is on the table for discussion in the state senate Tuesday.
Nearly two dozen young migrants were taken to Switzerland from overcrowded camps on Greek Aegean islands on Saturday, according to Greek authorities. However, more than 5,000 unaccompanied minors remain in Greece.
The local municipalities on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Samos, and Chios, which have been hard hit by the migrant crisis, have received special funding from the Greek government and are also set to receive grants to help alleviate emergencies and compensate for damages.
Despite recent transfers of migrants to the Greek mainland, some 19,000 people are still living in and around the Moria camp on Lesbos. InfoMigrants spoke to Rosa Duran from Dutch NGO Movement on the Ground to find out more about the actual situation for aid workers, migrants and refugees.
On Sunday, the Greek government moved 395 of the most vulnerable migrants from the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on Lesbos to secure accommodation on the mainland.
Greece's government was accused of "neglect" and "risking migrants' lives" by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) over what they claim has been poor handling of the COVID-19 crisis relating to health and safety measures at refugee and migrant camps around the country.
Two migrants were shot and lightly injured after apparently breaking quarantine on Wednesday, reported news agencies. The assailant or assailants evaded capture, the police said.
Germany has received 47 unaccompanied children from overcrowded refugee camps in Greece, mainly Afghan and Syrian youngsters. Flying into Hanover, it's the second group after Luxembourg took in 12.
Germany is following Luxembourg's lead and plans to take in refugee children from Greece. How are cities like Berlin and the agencies that will accommodate these badly shaken boys and girls preparing?
A 16-year-old boy from Afghanistan has died after he was stabbed by a 20-year-old man outside the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.