(Reuters) Greece is considering setting up a migrant detention facility on the island of Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean to tackle a rise in arrivals from neighbouring Turkey, Migration Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said on Tuesday.
Hundreds of migrants have arrived on the islands of Rhodes and nearby Symi in recent months, local officials say. Images on local media [have] shown them setting up tents and sitting on cardboard boxes in Rhodes town centre, drawing criticism from local people.
There is no migrant facility on Rhodes and the government is considering setting up a temporary detention centre, Panagiotopoulos told Greek public broadcaster ERT.
