Гърция: 2500 емигранта пристигнаха в Пиреа от Егейските острови

The passenger ship El. Venizelos carrying 2,5000 refugees arrived in the port of Piraeus near Athens on Thursday, after the Greek government decided to use the vessel to transport migrants. The ship had previously served as a registration centre for migrants on the island of Kos. Initially taking aboard 1,300 migrants on Kos, the ship proceeded to pick up hundreds more from the islands of Leros, Kalymnos and Lesbos before arriving in Piraeus. The Greek government has been criticised for the way it dealt with migrants and refugees arriving on its islands. Clashes broke out on Kos, when the police locked up 2,500 migrants in a stadium for nearly 24 hours. Those locked inside complained they were left without food, water and basic sanitation facilities. According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) figures, 124,000 migrants, mainly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, have reached Greek shores in 2015, with 50,000 people arriving in July alone.