#opentheislands

[migrationproject]

Why Greece Should #OpenTheIslands

Thousands of asylum seekers are trapped in crowded and filthy processing centers on the Greek islands, with many spending the winter in lightweight tents or even sleeping outside on the ground. Greece contends it has to keep the asylum seekers on the islands because a March 2016 agreement between the European Union and Turkey provides that asylum seekers who arrive by boat from Turkey should be sent back there to have their asylum claims processed.

Thousands of asylum seekers are trapped in crowded and filthy processing centers on the Greek islands, with many spending the winter in lightweight tents or even sleeping outside on the ground. Greece contends it has to keep the asylum seekers on the islands because a March 2016 agreement between the European Union and Turkey provides that asylum seekers who arrive by boat from Turkey should be sent back there to have their asylum claims processed

[flubberwinkle]

#OpenTheIslands - ΖΩΕΣ ΣΕ ΑΝΑΜΟΝΗ // LIVES ON HOLD

At present, there are 13,000 people trapped in the Greek islands, most in miserable conditions and must be transported to mainland Greece. // Αυτή τη στιγμή, υπάρχουν 13.000 άνθρωποι παγιδευμένοι στα ελληνικά νησιά, οι περισσότεροι σε άθλιες συνθήκες και πρέπει να μεταφερθούν στην ηπειρωτική Ελλάδα.