Lesbos seeks state of emergency as thousands of migrants reach

  • 2/5/2023
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Athens, Dhu-AlQa'dah 18, 1436, Sep 2, 2015, SPA -- The mayor of Lesbos appealed to the government in Athens on Wednesday to declare a state of emergency on the island, even as thousands of refugees arrived in mainland Greece from the eastern Aegean islands, dpa reported. Spyros Galino - in a letter to the central government quoted in the local press - spoke of a catastrophic hygiene situation, with 10,000 litres of human waste material left daily at the island's port by migrants waiting to be transported to the mainland. -- SPA 21:02 LOCAL TIME 18:02 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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