Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) wants Greece and the European Union to find places elsewhere for 40,000 asylum seekers as they fear Coronavirus will run wild in the camps.
But, it is everywhere in Europe so where the heck are they supposed to go? Europe is naturally trying to save its own people first.
MSF urges Greece to evacuate migrant camps due to coronavirus risk
ATHENS (Reuters) – Medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has urged Greece to immediately evacuate migrants from overcrowded camps on its islands due to a high risk of the coronavirus spreading swiftly among people living in squalid conditions.
Moria camp on Lesbos has 15,000 residents.
Greece reported its first fatality from the virus on Thursday, in the town of Patra on the mainland. It has confirmed 117 cases of coronavirus so far, including one on the island of Lesbos, where the notorious Moria camp is located.
“The evacuation of the camps on the Greek islands is now more urgent than ever,” the charity said.
“We need to be realistic: It would be impossible to contain an outbreak in such camp settings,” it said, adding that it had not yet seen a credible emergency plan in case of an outbreak.
More than 40,000 asylum-seekers are living in camps, which are operating far beyond their capacity on five Greek islands.
Now get this….
MSF did not specify where it thought the Greek authorities should transfer the migrants but said both Greece and the European Union should act swiftly to avert a disaster.
Of course there is no place to move them especially as each European country is now closing its borders to one and all. Coronavirus sure is setting back the borderless world goals of the globalists.
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Do you see that big red spot in the center of Africa? That is the DR Congo where the largest group of US-bound refugees have been coming from in recent years.
Since we are now blocking Europeans from entering the US, the logical next question is are refugees being blocked from entry, or are they at least being tested?
(By the way I recommend a great post today at Gatestone on the extent of the virus crisis in Europe.)
As of three days ago the UN High Commissioner for Refugeesreported that so far there had been no cases of refugees being infected with Covid-19, but all that has changed as at least one refugee In Iraq and another on the Greek island of Lesbos are reported infected. (And, I suspect we are not hearing the full story).
And, here is a story from The Guardian that was published only a day after the UNHCR spoke. Lesbos is a Greek island overrun by Middle East refugees.
Lesbos coronavirus case sparks fears for refugee camp
I’m sure there will be more reports like these in the coming days and weeks.
In the US, the first question I’ve seen about whether refugees are being tested comes from Tennessee where the criticism against Republican Governor Bill Lee has been intense for his eagerness to welcome more impoverished (costly for taxpayers) refugees to the state.
Are Bill Lee’s Refugees Being Screened for Coronavirus?
Good question!
So dear Mr. President, are we testing refugees coming into the US since much of the world is now infected?
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