Fri 7 May 2021 07.12 EDT
At a desolate refugee camp on the Greek island of Chios earlier this week, a young man died alone in a tent. By the time the guards arrived on the scene, about 12 hours after the Somali refugeeâs death, the body was surrounded by rodents.
Asylum seekers who had initially alerted staff spoke in horror at seeing rats and mice swarming about.
It was Orthodox Easter Monday, a national holiday in Greece. The 28-year-old, who has not been named by Greek authorities, is thought to have died of natural causes.
In a short statement, the Greek migration ministry ruled out foul play and said the âunfortunate manâ was found by a military doctor to have bites on his ear and hand. âThe precise cause of death will become known from the autopsy that is to be conducted.â