Large influx of migrants on Lesvos
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
497 undocumented migrants, mostly Syrian nationals, reached several beaches of Lesvos island in the last four days.
85 more migrants were located on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile the number of undocumented migrants and refugees that arrived on the islands of Eastern Aegean in the first months of 2015 has tripled in comparison with the same period of 2014.
According to Coast Guard data, 10,445 persons, 6,498 of them in March, arrived in Greece by sea in the period of January-March 2015 while in the corresponding period of 2014 the number of undocumented migrants reached 2,863.
It is noted that one of two migrants got into Greece through Lesvos island which indicates that the specific island received the highest number of undocumented migrants from the opposite Turkish coasts.
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