Immigrants in Europe appear to be in a fragile state in the face of the Covid-19 epidemic, with the suspension of their reception programs and asylum and quarantine procedures, and European lawmakers and NGOs have gone as far as warning of a health "disaster" in Greece.

When the Syrian Mahmoud Ajlouni went to the administration in charge of foreign affairs in Berlin to obtain his new residence permit, he found the doors closed, and this young refugee in Germany five years ago had no identity documents except a temporary paper, "The situation is mysterious to him, and he does not know When will he receive the precious document awaiting him, and he said: "I have no idea or any information."

In Germany, where 1.3 million asylum-seekers and migrants live, work has almost completely ceased in the government departments assigned to them.

The German Interior Ministry said that some of the interviews, which are a key component of the asylum procedure, have been suspended.

The application for asylum has been reduced. And the matter became impossible unless the applicant underwent an analysis proving that he did not suffer from Covid-19 after 14 days in quarantine.

Germany also froze its humanitarian programs to receive refugees from Turkey and Lebanon, after it had pledged to sponsor 5,500 people, most of them Syrians.

More broadly, the epidemic exposes the immigration system throughout Europe to difficulties since the European Union has closed its external borders for thirty days, and this has prompted the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to recall that this should not prevent asylum seekers from obtaining sanctuary or push them to return to their drawers.

This disorganized situation led to clashes in a center of 533 migrants in Hajar in Seoul, eastern Germany, forcing the authorities to deploy two hundred policemen and send 22 people to an old prison for boys.

Volunteers and NGOs are worried about abandoning this fragile group, as they cannot live separating them in small rooms, bathrooms and shared kitchens.

"Children continue to run in the corridors," said volunteer Sofia, who is following a number of Afghan families at a center in northeastern Berlin.

In France, due to isolation measures and fear of infection, volunteers have become rare in Calais, where around 2,000 immigrants have gathered, and the result is that meals have stopped.

"If the virus spreads in a camp, there will be a catastrophe," Antoine Nair of the NGO Autopia 56 warned.

Erik Marcart, the European deputy for environmental protection, said that in Greece, where tens of thousands of people live in camps deprived of basic health conditions, there is a risk of health "disaster".

"If these islands are not evacuated, then there will be a catastrophe in the medium term," he added by phone from Lesbos Island.

The German NGO Pro-Azel also calls for "European solidarity" to receive immigrants stranded on the Greek islands, including "ten thousand minors".

Berlin reaffirmed its commitment to provide for a number of children the European Union intends to evacuate from the camps.

To avoid the spread of the disease, Athens imposed restrictions on the freedom of movement of migrants in the Aegean islands, and MSF launched a media campaign on the virus.

But the European MP expressed his dissatisfaction because "there is no great benefit in distributing flyers that include advice about hygiene if people cannot maintain distances between them because they sleep under tents attached to each other."