Why Greece Should #OpenTheIslands

Expand Ibtissam, 22, a mother of two hoping to reunite with her husband in Germany, pictured at the Souda Refugee Camp on Chios island, Greece, June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra Thousands of asylum seekers are trapped in crowded and filthy processing centers on the Greek Islands, with many spending the winter in lightweight tents or even sleeping outside on the ground. Greece contends it has to keep the asylum seekers on the islands because a March 2016 agreement between the European Union (EU) and Turkey provides that asylum seekers who arrive by boat from Turkey should be sent back there…

© Human Rights Watch - lundi 19 mars 2018