Hundreds of Migrants Locked in Greek Soccer Stadium as Kos Crisis Hurtles ’Out of Control’

Hundreds of Migrants Locked in Greek Soccer Stadium as Kos Crisis Hurtles ’Out of Control’

Hundreds of migrants on the Greek holiday island of Kos have been locked for nearly 24 hours in a sunbaked soccer stadium without food, drinking water, or sanitation, leading an NGO worker and a local mayor to state that the situation there has finally got “out of control.”

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Migrants locked in stadium on Kos for nearly 24 hours

Up to 2,500 mostly Syrian and Afghan refugees held in stadium on Greek island as police use sonic explosion to maintain order

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▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/12/thousand-refugees-locked-in-stadium-overnight-kos

Ship, more police being sent to Kos to assist refugees

A cruise liner and more than 250 policemen will be sent to Greece’s eastern Aegean islands to help authorities deal with the growing influx of refugees and migrants, the government decided Wednesday.

▻http://www.ekathimerini.com/200519/article/ekathimerini/news/ship-more-police-being-sent-to-kos-to-assist-refugees

1,000 migrants locked in stadium overnight on Greek island of Kos

Nearly 1,000 refugees and migrants were locked overnight in a stadium on the Greek island of Kos as local officials struggle to deal with the influx of new arrivals.

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Grèce. Kos, prison à ciel ouvert pour les migrants

L’ensemble de la presse grecque revient, ce 13 août, sur la situation très difficile des milliers de migrants réfugiés à Kos dans le Dodécanèse.

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Refugee processing starts on Greek ship after clashes

Decision to prioritise Syrian refugees for processing has sparked anger among other migrants on the Greek island of Kos.

▻http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/refugee-processing-starts-greek-ship-clashes-migrants-kos-150816063020892

Le ferry affrété pour les Syriens à Kos n’apaise pas les tensions

Plusieurs centaines de réfugiés syriens sur l’île de Kos ont commencé dimanche à embarquer sur un ferry affrété spécialement pour eux. Le gouvernement grec espère ainsi apaiser la situation sur ces îles débordées par l’afflux des migrants. Mais les réfugiés Irakiens ou Erythréens eux, restent sur place.

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▻http://www.humanite.fr/le-ferry-affrete-pour-les-syriens-kos-napaise-pas-les-tensions-581481

L’enregistrement des réfugiés a débuté sur le ferry dépêché à Kos

Des dizaines de réfugiés syriens présents sur l’île grecque de Kos ont commencé à être enregistrés dimanche sur le ferry dépêché par le gouvernement pour accélérer les procédures et faire baisser la tension générée par le flux croissant de migrants, a constaté une journaliste de l’AFP.

▻http://www.jeuneafrique.com/257354/politique/lenregistrement-des-refugies-a-debute-sur-le-ferry-depeche-a-kos

Flüchtlingsdrama in Griechenland: Bangen und Hoffen auf dem Meer vor Kos

Die Notunterkunft auf der Autofähre füllt sich: Vor der griechischen Insel Kos sind rund 500 syrische Flüchtlinge an Bord gekommen. Zugleich wachsen die Spannungen an Land - und es kommen noch mehr Menschen.

▻http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/fluechtlinge-in-griechenland-bangen-und-hoffen-auf-dem-meer-vor-kos-a-104841

Greek police use fire extinguishers to disperse migrant crowd on Kos

Migrants gathered to protest over time taken to process their paperwork as Greek island struggles to cope with influx from Syria and Afghanistan

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Isola di Kos, Grecia, uno dei lembi più orientali dell’UE e teatro quest’estate della tragica epopea di migranti provenienti da Siria, Pakistan e Afghanistan. L’incontro con alcuni di loro

Kos non si merita la fama conseguita sui media di tutto il mondo dopo la giornata di tafferugli avvenuti mercoledì 12 agosto tra forze dell’ordine e alcuni migranti. La tranquillità delle decine di migliaia di turisti occidentali e turchi che la frequentano quest’anno non è mai stata messa a rischio dalla pur ingente presenza di siriani, afghani e pakistani che hanno traversato l’Egeo per approdare in questo che è uno dei lembi più orientali dell’Unione europea.

▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Grecia/Kos-lembo-d-Europa-163529

Kos migrants: ’They said they’d give us papers, then locked us in like a prison’

After being held in a stadium on the Greek island, refugees tell of their ordeal – as immigration officials bemoan Kos mayor’s alleged lack of cooperation

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Slow response to migrant surge in Kos leaves refugees adrift

The Greek island of Kos has been unprepared for the huge influx of refugees that have landed on its shores. The authorities have done little for the migrants, who have been left to themselves, reports Andrés Caballero.

▻http://www.dw.com/en/slow-response-to-migrant-surge-in-kos-leaves-refugees-adrift/a-18653824

Migrants : l’île grecque de Kos à nouveau privée de structure d’accueil

Le ferry grec qui servait depuis dimanche à abriter et à recenser les migrants syriens arrivés ces dernières semaines sur l’île grecque de Kos est parti, le mercredi 19 août au matin, en direction du port du Pirée, près d’Athènes, laissant les autorités locales sans structure d’accueil.

▻http://www.rfi.fr/europe/20150820-migrants-ile-grecque-kos-nouveau-privee-structure-accueil?ns_campaign=r

Kos, l’île grecque débordée

Les migrants débarquent par milliers sur l’île grecque de Kos. Ils occupent le moindre mètre carré de l’hôtel désaffecté Captain Elias, sans électricité. Le photographe Christian Lutz y a promené son œil sensible.

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