Greece Builds Walls of Concrete Around Refugee Camps
” width=”794″>A concrete wall is being installed at the Ritsona refugee camp, north of Athens. Video frame
Greece has been erecting concrete walls at several refugee camps across the country, a move decried by human rights groups.
Wired concertina fencing has stood between asylum seekers in wait, housed in Greece, and the surrounding area. A change in policy has three-meter concrete walls being erected at four camps on the mainland.
” width=”1080″>The Ministry of Migration and Asylum sites modernization for the change from the wire to concrete barriers. The fencing is meant to keep residents inside the camps safe from trespassers, according to the ministry.
QAYARA, Iraq (AP) Nearly a dozen buses carrying 100 Iraqi families who lived in a sprawling Syrian camp for supporters and families of Islamic State militants returned to Iraq on Tuesday, where public opinion is divided about their return. The families include women, children and men, according to Syrian Kurdish and Iraqi officials familiar […]
Farid Abdul-wahid And Samya Kullab May 25, 2021 - 12:30 PM
QAYARA, Iraq (AP) â Nearly a dozen buses carrying 100 Iraqi families who lived in a sprawling Syrian camp for supporters and families of Islamic State militants returned to Iraq on Tuesday, where public opinion is divided about their return.
The families include women, children and men, according to Syrian Kurdish and Iraqi officials familiar with the repatriation plans.
Iraqi security officials in Ninevah confirmed the buses had entered the province and would be going to Jadah camp, near the town of Qayara. The officials declined to be named because the repatriation has not yet been made public.
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