08/30/2024 | Press release | Archived content
30.8.2024
Question for written answer E-001575/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos (NI), Kostas Papadakis (NI)
Recent media reports and complaints made by international organisations concerning the prison-like refugee camp on Samos, confirm the truth behind the complaints made by organisations and associations, which the island's inhabitants drew attention to by mobilising against the opening of the camp.
Uprooted refugees are being held in abysmal prison-like conditions based on 'European standards', with barbed wire and security cameras, with refugees not being allowed out for as many as 25 days, as well as a lack of water and personal hygiene items, overcrowding leading to substandard living conditions, insufficient access to legal assistance and interpretation services, no doctor based inside the camp and a lack of nursing staff and medicines. Refugees are sent to Samos hospital, which is facing major shortages.
In light of this:
Submitted: 30.8.2024