European Union: Greece and Refugee Camps

european union: Most still live in tents at about 50 refugee camps, according to The Waterloo Record. Around 14,000 of them are confined to islands in the eastern Aegean Sea where they are being processed for potential deportation to nearby Turkey. "The leaders of Greece and the EU keep telling us this is a success, but it isn't. In the highly critical report issued Thursday, the agency commonly known by its French name, Medecins sans Frontieres, argued that the European Union and Greece had "collectively failed to establish humane and dignified reception conditions." More than 60,000 refugees and migrants — many escaping wars in Syria and Iraq — have been stranded in Greece following European border closures this year. The reception system for refugees in Greece has failed," said Loic Jaeger, country mission head for MSF. "There have been a few improvements but they are too little and too slow. How can I explain: I mean very bad," Syrian refugee Yousef Hanash said. "Can you imagine living in a tent with six persons and if you have a newborn baby how the situation will be " Hanash said he came to Europe as a last resort, unable to keep his family safe after his cheese factory was destroyed in the war and he moved around Syria. How much time should it take for the richest countries in the world to accommodate 40,000 people " At the garbage-strewn refugee camp of Ritsona, 85 kilometres north of Athens, children walk barefoot and families in tents used wooden pallets for flooring to stay above the mud and try to stay warm. "It very bad. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.