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Ritsona refugee camp on full lockdown after 20 residents test positive for coronavirus
The Ritsona refugee and asylum-seekers camp has been placed on a full lockdown for the next 14 days as of Thursday morning, after 20 residents tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The lockdown was ordered by Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis in collaboration with Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias and the head of the National Organisation for Public Health (NOPH), Panagiotis Arkoumaneas.
DW: Greece accuses NGOs of stoking unrest in refugee camp
When night falls, the lights shine brightly in the farming village of Moria. Police banter drifts across the winter countryside, and Moria's men — from teenagers to elders — stroll to a crossroad, taking turns guarding their village.
Mouzalas: They asked me to build a refugee camp for 400,000 in Athens
The issue of creating a camp for 300,000 to 400,000 immigrants in Athens was raised by the Belgian Minister of the Interior, on Monday, at the Council on immigration in Amsterdam, according to what the Deputy Minister of Immigration Policy Yannis Mouzalas stated to SKAI,