Greek authorities pre-registered 27,592 refugees and migrants for asylum in a period of two months, which the UN refugee agency’s director in Greece, Philippe Leclerc, described as a “world record”, during a press conference on Tuesday to present the results of the procedure in Athens.
The attempted coup in Turkey and president Erdogan's wwidening rift with the West is leading to a new surge of migrants seeking refuge in Greece. A dinghy with 34 refugees and migrants was located off the northern coasts of Lesvos on Monday.
The Ministry of Migration Policy will distribute to refugees and migrants leaflets that will explain the reasons why they should move out of Piraeus Port. More than 5 thousand 7 hundred are still stranded at OLP premises, staying in around 11 hundred tents.