Large number of migrants/refugees remain at Mytilene port
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is visiting the region of Evros on Tuesday, was warmly welcomed by the citizens of the northeastern Greek city of Alexandroupolis on his arrival.
The port of Mytilene has been turned into a makeshift migrant and refugee camp, with new arrivals held in a fenced-off enclosure next to the town's old swimming pool. A total of 334 migrants and refugees of various nationalities are staying there and spending the night in buses offered by the coast guard. They have all arrived on Mytilene over the weekend and were not transferred to the Moria Reception and Identification Centre as access was blocked by protesting islanders.
Another 174 people that arrived on Monday and Sunday and remain at their point of arrival in Eftalou or Skala Sykamnias will be joining the 334 already at the port. On Monday, they spent the night in tents set up by the UNHCR on the beach at Skala Sykamias after a temporary accommodation facility was torched on Saturday night.
After being registered, the 508 migrants and refugees will remain at the port of Mytilene until they are transferred to a closed-type accommodation facility on mainland Greece.
The Hellenic Coast Guard rescued 115 migrants and refugees in three separate incidents over the last 24 hours in the Aegean.
The coast guard headquarters said that the three incidents were recorded in the sea regions of Mytilene, Leros and Kos.
Specifically 47 migrants/refugees were rescued off Lesvos, 35 off Leros and 33 off Kos island.
Over the same period, 404 migrants/refugees arrived in dinghies on the islands of Mytilene, Chios, Samos, Agathonissi, Farmakonissi, Kos, Symi and Megisti.
Source: ana-mna
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