The government is determined to proceed with its decision for the construction of closed type hosting facilities for refugees and migrants and this is to the benefit of the islands inhabitants, Alternate Migration Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos said on Wednesday in an interview with radio station Praktoreio 104.9 FM.

The government is today issuing a Legislative Act to expropriate "for reasons of public interest, necessary properties and areas for crisis management", government spokesman

A two-hour meeting took place on Thursday among current and former migration policy ministers who discussed pressing issues relating to the management of the migration crisis in Greece.