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Refugee support workers on Lesbos warn of ‘chaos’ on the island as riot police are sent in
Migrants take part in a rally near Mytilene town, on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece, today
Mr Smalls and 13 other Freedom Flotilla Coalition activists who tried to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza aboard the Handala ship remain in detention and on hunger strike
REFUGEE support workers on the Greek island of Lesbos warned today that the situation for the thousands of people made homeless after Moria refugee camp burnt down three days ago remains dire.
“Earlier today the Greek government sent more riot cops and water cannon to the island,” Marie, an activist from the German refugee support charity Mare Liberum, told the Star this afternoon.
“There are pretty precise rumours that the refugees have been forbidden from leaving the island because their asylum procedures are unclear.
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Mr Smalls and 13 other Freedom Flotilla Coalition activists who tried to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza aboard the Handala ship remain in detention and on hunger strike
