MORE than 100 illegal migrants were detained on two Greek islands over the weekend, the coast guard confirmed yesterday. On Lesbos, 60 migrants were picked up Saturday, bringing to 11,000 the number detained on the island so far this year. On the Dodecanese islands to the south, 42 were taken into custody.
Officials said the smaller Dodecanese islands were overwhelmed with migrants. On Agathonissi, which has a population of 80, some 4,300 refugees have arrived since the beginning of the year.
"We cannot really help them," the island's mayor, Evangelos Kottoros, said on yesterday. "They spend three or four days in the open before they are collected."
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned last week that reception centres for migrants on islands in the Aegean Sea were badly overcrowded. DPA
Officials said the smaller Dodecanese islands were overwhelmed with migrants. On Agathonissi, which has a population of 80, some 4,300 refugees have arrived since the beginning of the year.
"We cannot really help them," the island's mayor, Evangelos Kottoros, said on yesterday. "They spend three or four days in the open before they are collected."
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned last week that reception centres for migrants on islands in the Aegean Sea were badly overcrowded. DPA
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