A joint ministerial decision extending the circulation ban for those hosted in reception and identification centres and hosting facilities throughout Greece, as a protection measure against the spread of the coronavirus, until May 10, was signed by Citizen Protection Minister Mihalis Chrissohoidis, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi, a Migration Ministry announcement said on Monday. 

Alternate Minister of Citizen Protection George Koumoutsakos and Dutch Minister of Migration Ankie Broekers-Knol met in Athens on Thursday and jointly committed to strengthen Greek-Dutch co-operation in matters of migration asylym, including where information technology systems (IT) is involved, as well as in planning and distributing humanitarian aid. 

Members of humanitarian organizations warn of catastrophe in Greek refugee camps, speaking of "children who have been bitten by scorpions, rats and snakes", "hundreds of people forced to use a single shower", "food shortages that tend to become regular" in the hotspots of the eastern Aegean islands, as reported by the Guardian.