Greece: EU migration policies drive health crisis on Greek islands

From The Lancet

"Despite evidence of the adverse health consequences of migration regimes that force people seeking safety to endure these environments, at the end of 2019, there were more than 42000 asylum seekers residing in the Greek Islands, even though those hotspot facilities have a maximum capacity of 6178.5 After arriving in Greece, asylum seekers are subject to geographical restriction, which prevents them from leaving the island unless they receive a positive decision or are deemed “vulnerable”. More than a third of asylum seekers are children, and there are over 1000 unaccompanied minors on Lesvos alone. People are forced to live in tents and under plastic sheeting even in the winter, with insufficient access to water, sanitation, and hygiene, exposing them to respiratory, skin, and gastrointestinal infections as well as environmental risks from hypothermia and fires".

Let us hope that none of these vulnerable people contracts coronavirus.

 There would be even more unimaginable consequences.