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Mitsotakis on Samos: ND to prioritize decongestion of East Aegean islands
The new government of New Democracy (ND) "will support the islands who are bearing the brunt of the refugee issue," the main opposition leader said on Monday on the island of Samos.
Search for 22 missing refugees near Samos in progress
Search and rescue operations (SAR( are underway for the detection of a rubber dinghy which was reportedly carrying about 22 refugees/illegal immigrants between the island of Samos and Agathonisi in the eastern Aegean.
Pope donates 100,000 euros for Lesvos refugees
Three years after the historic visit of Pope Francis to the Greek island of Lesbos, the pope has dispatched one of his closest aides to the island’s massive refugee camp where many people are still trapped. Roughly 15,000 refugees and asylum-seekers are believed to be stuck on Lesbos and a handful of other Greek islands in an effort to reach Europe.
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the Papal Almoner, boarded a plane to Greece Monday morning with a message of hope and closeness to refugees still trapped in the camp.