Tag: idomeni
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U.N. urges Greece to improve conditions for transferred refugees
Refugees removed from a makeshift Greek camp near the Macedonian border have been taken to sites with “sub-standard conditions” in derelict buildings with insufficient food, water, toilets and showers, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday. The U.N. agency, the UNHCR, said refugees removed by bus from Idomeni had received little information about conditions…
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Greece steps up efforts to move migrants to sheltered camps
By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos and Phoebe Fronista ATHENS/IDOMENI (Reuters) – Greece increased efforts on Saturday to move thousands of migrants near the border with Macedonia to sheltered camps, as the spread of infection became a concern with one person in a sprawling tent city diagnosed with Hepatitis A. Stranded in filthy conditions near the northern border…