Mytilene residents announce protest march to request decongestion of refugee center
Residents in the area of Moria, a village near the namesake refugee center in Mytilene, announced on Tuesday (13/09/2016) a series of protest actions for September 19 to request the decongestion of the center, where living conditions have been lamented by refugees and NGOs.
According to the local council, Moria residents will hold a protest march to the center of Mytilene and a symbolic occupation of the elementary and high school of their village. They also plan to protest outside the city hall and another government building.
“A village cannot lift the burden of the island’s refugee issue, with 5,000 trapped and angry people who rightly complain,” the president of the local council, Nikos Trakellis said. “But the people here cannot take it any longer,” he added.
A few months ago, the consecutive burglaries in homes and damage to farmland led to an eventful local council meeting during which residents demanded solutions from the relevant ministries and authorities. Instead, said Trakellis, the number of refugees and migrants increased. The damages caused in the village by refugees and migrants who have left Moria’s center were the last straw for the locals.
“We call on all the citizens of Mytilene to stand on our side and participate in the protest for an issue that concerns the entire local community. We ask for the immediate decongestion of Moria’s hot spot. The island cannot welcome so many people, cannot lift this burden any longer,” he added.
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