NEWS

Almost 7,000 migrants and refugees arrived on the N. Aegean islands in October

Almost 7,000 migrants and refugees arrived on the N. Aegean islands in October

The migrants and refugees flows to the northern Aegean islands call the autumn of 2015 to mind.

Eight dinghies carrying 323 foreign national arrived on Lesvos island from Thursday midnight and were sent to Moria hotspot where the number of the hosted now exceeds 15,000 people.

According to police figures, 6,868 migrants and refugees arrived on the northern Aegean islands in October, 3,474 of them on Lesvos, 1.820 on Chios and 1,556 on Samos.

Meanwhile, a total of 815 asylum seekers are going to leave from Lesvos on Friday with two warships while another 58 individuals will leave from Moria on Sunday evening for the port of Piraeus. All the migrants and refugees will be sent to hosting facilities on the mainland.

Source: ana-mpa

Σχετικές ειδήσεις