Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »
Tue 07 Jul 2008Migrants held in 'horrible' conditions
GREECE:Greece is locking hundreds of migrants in an overcrowded centre on the Mediterranean island of Lesbos without proper sanitation and medical care in what French charity Médicins Sans Frontières has branded a "humanitarian crisis".
The migrants, most of them from Afghanistan, are kept in rooms clogged with stagnant water and only allowed outside for half an hour every couple of days, said Yiorgos Karayiannis, head of MSF Greece's migrant assistance programme.
Choose a Subscription type - required
