Round 400 migrants and refugees staged a protest on Sunday on the Acadia port of Rhodes. Protesters tried to forestall the departure of the ferry “Nissos Chicos” by standing on its ramp. After hours of police negotiation, the boat left with out them.
They demanded to be taken off the island and both transported to the mainland or to correct lodging as there are not any reception amenities on the island, the Greek coastguard told AFP. Negotiations between the protesters and the port police lasted 4 hours, with port visitors obstructed all through and an incoming ship (the “Nisos Patmos”) unable to dock. In response to Rodiaki, this triggered tension between the passengers and the migrants, main the Central Port Authority of Rhodes’ to intervene and forestall incidents.
The migrants are currently being held in a makeshift tent camp arrange final week till they are often transferred to organised lodging amenities, which in keeping with the Greek Ministry of Migration, occurs repeatedly and effectively. In response to SL Press, the tents had been arrange following a meeting chaired by Regional Governor Giorgos Hadjimarkos.
Greece has seen an enormous influx of migrants in recent times, notably from Turkey, and, regardless of the claim from 2021 Minister of Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarachi that their migration disaster was over, work is still being done to allow Greek amenities to take care of these numbers.
