The congregation of third country nationals comes after migrant smugglers continued to ferry over people from the opposite Turkish coast, although the flow slowed this week due to rough seas in the area.
Some 6,000 Mideast war refugees and other third country
nationals have been registered but are still present on various eastern
Aegean islands, with more than half still on the island of Lesvos, Greek
police announced.
The congregation of third country nationals comes after migrant
smugglers continued to ferry over people from the opposite Turkish
coast, although the flow slowed this week due to rough seas in the area.
Moreover, 1,300 people remained camped out at the port of Piraeus'
passenger terminals, on the mainland, after arriving by ferry boat from
the Greek isles. Refugees, mostly Syrians and Iraqis, as well as
irregular migrants from as far away as Morocco and Bangladesh, have
flooded Greece over the past year in a bid to reach preferred
destinations in central and northern Europe. Practically all of the
refugees and migrants were trafficked or departed Turkey before landing
on EU territory. |
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