The storm, which lasted several hours, according to sources at the Greek Ministry of Migration, flooded 80 of the 1,100 tents of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) which are home to some 8,500 people.
The Ministry of Migration reported that the people who lived in the flooded tents were transferred to other larger tents, used for common activities, where they will remain until the situation normalizes.
According to the Greek ministry, work on preparing the new camp for winter is progressing rapidly.
The new reception center was installed in an old shooting range by the sea, which makes it especially vulnerable to the weather.
Hundreds of European humanitarian organizations denounced in a joint manifesto that the new Lesbos camp, built “in a hurry”, is exposed to the elements and evokes “the misery” that characterized Moria’s reception and identification center.
NGOs pointed out that in the new camp, men, women and children sleep in tents on mats, there is no running water, no showers and only a few chemical toilets, while food is distributed only once a day.
According to the Greek Ministry of Migration, in the last few weeks around 2,500 people have been transferred from Lesvos to the mainland of Greece and, in the near future, another 1,300 will be transferred to be sent to other Member States of the European Union.
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