(AFP) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday demanded more “active” participation from the EU in housing thousands of migrants on the island of Lesbos, as he said Athens will rebuild a notoriously overcrowded camp destroyed by fire.
“A new facility will be needed … it will be done … (but) the management model must be different,” Mitsotakis said after meeting with European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas in Athens.
“We will discuss the maximum European participation in this effort. European solidarity cannot be limited to managing a crisis,” the PM said.
Athens has long complained that aside from providing funds, fellow EU members have done too little to help states like Greece and Italy, where most migrants first arrive on European soil.
