Militias and migrants, the convulsions of the island of Lesbos
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By: Joël Bronner Follow
Burning asylum seekers' centers, militias that are being formed ... In Greece, incidents have multiplied in Lesbos in recent weeks. Since 2016 and the EU-Turkey declaration, the island has become a "hotspot", a registration center for asylum seekers.
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Already bad, the situation in the saturated Moria camp has gradually deteriorated since the summer of 2019, when a new surge of refugees has increased its population to nearly 20,000 people. At the end of February 2020, Ankara's announcement of the opening of its borders to Europe only added to the already growing pressure on the ground.
"Militias and migrants, the convulsions of the island of Lesbos", this is a Great report, in Greece, by Joël Bronner.
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