(AFP) Greece’s migration ministry on Wednesday announced new restrictions to the movement of asylum-seekers in island camps to keep out the new coronavirus, and accelerated work on new closed facilities.
“As of today, the movement of island camp residents will be drastically reduced,” Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said in a statement.
The ministry said that for the next 30 days, the movement of camp residents to nearby communities would be restricted to “small groups” between 7am and 7pm.
“These groups can only include one person per family,” the ministry said, adding that the movements would be on “controlled” public transport and regulated by police.
“Wherever possible, supply will be conducted via phone order,” the ministry said.
