Four months ago, on greek islands, Samos and Lesbos, before the COVID-19 pandemia broke out, a new influx of refugees and migrants had reached a critical point as boat landings lead to tensions with local people. Facing a situation compared with « a powder keg ready to explode », local authorities were calling for a state of emergency.
Under Covid related lockdown, squalid, medieval-like conditions with barely any access to hot water, electricity and healthcare, have not improved.
Today in Samos and Lesbos, despite the fact that there have been zero cases of COVID-19 in any of the reception centres, and...