'2nd-class citizens': Migrant camp plans angers Lesbos islanders

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On the Greek island of Lesbos, the notorious camp of Moria still casts a long shadow, more than six months after it went up in flames.

And after six years of being on the frontline of migratory pressure from nearby Turkey, many locals are exasperated by plans for a new permanent camp there built with EU funds."Instead of Europe standing by us in solidarity think this is where they will cage all migrants that come," says Erifili Yiannaka, a local councillor on Lesbos.

On the site of the camp's remains, there are now only ashes, burnt plastic bottles, charred trees, gutted containers and personal items abandoned as its inhabitants fled the September 2020 fire. The European Union has allocated €276 million for the construction of new camps on Lesbos and four other Aegean islands - Chios, Samos, Kos and Leros.

 

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PICT Voices 27: Mortaza Behboudi, Moria Revisited Our twenty-seventh interview is with Mortaza Behboudi, Journalist (Lesbos, Greece) by Evrim Emir-Sayers (Ayvalik, Turkey), Friday, March 26, 2021

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