"KOS ISLAND"

#7692330

26 January 2022

Little refugee girl as seen playing in the camp. Inside the new Refugee camp in Samos island that has been created in Greece with the support of the EU, as it is the first EU-funded closed controlled facility, the new Samos RIC ( Reception and Identification center) as Europe will spend 276 million euros of EU money for new camps on the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros . Daily life in the new migrant camp with the prefabricated houses, a closed controlled facility where people can enter only by using their card in addition to their biometrical fingerprint. The new camp can host up to 3500 people split in 8 different main areas according to the group category or ethnicity and there is also a prison like detention facility. On September 21 the authorities moved all the remaining people from the former camp located in Vathi - Samos to the new one without any problems and resistance. Building and additional work is still in process. Police and private security do a screening - security check before entering in the camp. Right now 283 people are located in the new facility that was officially opened a few days ago with European representation. In the camp operate some NGO like euro relief, msf nearby, in addition to IOM and UNHCR. After the relocation asylum seekers complained about the lack of shadow, the quality of food and the distance from the town. The camp has residents from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other African countries. The official name is the Closed Controlled Access Center of Samos, run by the Greek government from the Ministry of Migration & Asylum. Zervou, Samos Island, Greece on September 23, 2021

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#7692332

26 January 2022

Little refugee girl as seen playing in the camp. Inside the new Refugee camp in Samos island that has been created in Greece with the support of the EU, as it is the first EU-funded closed controlled facility, the new Samos RIC ( Reception and Identification center) as Europe will spend 276 million euros of EU money for new camps on the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros . Daily life in the new migrant camp with the prefabricated houses, a closed controlled facility where people can enter only by using their card in addition to their biometrical fingerprint. The new camp can host up to 3500 people split in 8 different main areas according to the group category or ethnicity and there is also a prison like detention facility. On September 21 the authorities moved all the remaining people from the former camp located in Vathi - Samos to the new one without any problems and resistance. Building and additional work is still in process. Police and private security do a screening - security check before entering in the camp. Right now 283 people are located in the new facility that was officially opened a few days ago with European representation. In the camp operate some NGO like euro relief, msf nearby, in addition to IOM and UNHCR. After the relocation asylum seekers complained about the lack of shadow, the quality of food and the distance from the town. The camp has residents from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other African countries. The official name is the Closed Controlled Access Center of Samos, run by the Greek government from the Ministry of Migration & Asylum. Zervou, Samos Island, Greece on September 23, 2021

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#7692334

26 January 2022

Little refugee girl as seen playing in the camp. Inside the new Refugee camp in Samos island that has been created in Greece with the support of the EU, as it is the first EU-funded closed controlled facility, the new Samos RIC ( Reception and Identification center) as Europe will spend 276 million euros of EU money for new camps on the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros . Daily life in the new migrant camp with the prefabricated houses, a closed controlled facility where people can enter only by using their card in addition to their biometrical fingerprint. The new camp can host up to 3500 people split in 8 different main areas according to the group category or ethnicity and there is also a prison like detention facility. On September 21 the authorities moved all the remaining people from the former camp located in Vathi - Samos to the new one without any problems and resistance. Building and additional work is still in process. Police and private security do a screening - security check before entering in the camp. Right now 283 people are located in the new facility that was officially opened a few days ago with European representation. In the camp operate some NGO like euro relief, msf nearby, in addition to IOM and UNHCR. After the relocation asylum seekers complained about the lack of shadow, the quality of food and the distance from the town. The camp has residents from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other African countries. The official name is the Closed Controlled Access Center of Samos, run by the Greek government from the Ministry of Migration & Asylum. Zervou, Samos Island, Greece on September 23, 2021

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#7692336

26 January 2022

Close up at the food portion delivered for lunch. Inside the new Refugee camp in Samos island that has been created in Greece with the support of the EU, as it is the first EU-funded closed controlled facility, the new Samos RIC ( Reception and Identification center) as Europe will spend 276 million euros of EU money for new camps on the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros . Daily life in the new migrant camp with the prefabricated houses, a closed controlled facility where people can enter only by using their card in addition to their biometrical fingerprint. The new camp can host up to 3500 people split in 8 different main areas according to the group category or ethnicity and there is also a prison like detention facility. On September 21 the authorities moved all the remaining people from the former camp located in Vathi - Samos to the new one without any problems and resistance. Building and additional work is still in process. Police and private security do a screening - security check before entering in the camp. Right now 283 people are located in the new facility that was officially opened a few days ago with European representation. In the camp operate some NGO like euro relief, msf nearby, in addition to IOM and UNHCR. After the relocation asylum seekers complained about the lack of shadow, the quality of food and the distance from the town. The camp has residents from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other African countries. The official name is the Closed Controlled Access Center of Samos, run by the Greek government from the Ministry of Migration & Asylum. Zervou, Samos Island, Greece on September 23, 2021

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#7692338

26 January 2022

Close up at the food portion delivered for lunch. Inside the new Refugee camp in Samos island that has been created in Greece with the support of the EU, as it is the first EU-funded closed controlled facility, the new Samos RIC ( Reception and Identification center) as Europe will spend 276 million euros of EU money for new camps on the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros . Daily life in the new migrant camp with the prefabricated houses, a closed controlled facility where people can enter only by using their card in addition to their biometrical fingerprint. The new camp can host up to 3500 people split in 8 different main areas according to the group category or ethnicity and there is also a prison like detention facility. On September 21 the authorities moved all the remaining people from the former camp located in Vathi - Samos to the new one without any problems and resistance. Building and additional work is still in process. Police and private security do a screening - security check before entering in the camp. Right now 283 people are located in the new facility that was officially opened a few days ago with European representation. In the camp operate some NGO like euro relief, msf nearby, in addition to IOM and UNHCR. After the relocation asylum seekers complained about the lack of shadow, the quality of food and the distance from the town. The camp has residents from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other African countries. The official name is the Closed Controlled Access Center of Samos, run by the Greek government from the Ministry of Migration & Asylum. Zervou, Samos Island, Greece on September 23, 2021

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#7692340

26 January 2022

Portrait of a young woman from Syria in the camp. Inside the new Refugee camp in Samos island that has been created in Greece with the support of the EU, as it is the first EU-funded closed controlled facility, the new Samos RIC ( Reception and Identification center) as Europe will spend 276 million euros of EU money for new camps on the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros . Daily life in the new migrant camp with the prefabricated houses, a closed controlled facility where people can enter only by using their card in addition to their biometrical fingerprint. The new camp can host up to 3500 people split in 8 different main areas according to the group category or ethnicity and there is also a prison like detention facility. On September 21 the authorities moved all the remaining people from the former camp located in Vathi - Samos to the new one without any problems and resistance. Building and additional work is still in process. Police and private security do a screening - security check before entering in the camp. Right now 283 people are located in the new facility that was officially opened a few days ago with European representation. In the camp operate some NGO like euro relief, msf nearby, in addition to IOM and UNHCR. After the relocation asylum seekers complained about the lack of shadow, the quality of food and the distance from the town. The camp has residents from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other African countries. The official name is the Closed Controlled Access Center of Samos, run by the Greek government from the Ministry of Migration & Asylum. Zervou, Samos Island, Greece on September 23, 2021

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#7692342

26 January 2022

Inside the new Refugee camp in Samos island that has been created in Greece with the support of the EU, as it is the first EU-funded closed controlled facility, the new Samos RIC ( Reception and Identification center) as Europe will spend 276 million euros of EU money for new camps on the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros . Daily life in the new migrant camp with the prefabricated houses, a closed controlled facility where people can enter only by using their card in addition to their biometrical fingerprint. The new camp can host up to 3500 people split in 8 different main areas according to the group category or ethnicity and there is also a prison like detention facility. On September 21 the authorities moved all the remaining people from the former camp located in Vathi - Samos to the new one without any problems and resistance. Building and additional work is still in process. Police and private security do a screening - security check before entering in the camp. Right now 283 people are located in the new facility that was officially opened a few days ago with European representation. In the camp operate some NGO like euro relief, msf nearby, in addition to IOM and UNHCR. After the relocation asylum seekers complained about the lack of shadow, the quality of food and the distance from the town. The camp has residents from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other African countries. The official name is the Closed Controlled Access Center of Samos, run by the Greek government from the Ministry of Migration & Asylum. Zervou, Samos Island, Greece on September 23, 2021

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#7692344

26 January 2022

Portrait of a young woman from Syria in the camp. Inside the new Refugee camp in Samos island that has been created in Greece with the support of the EU, as it is the first EU-funded closed controlled facility, the new Samos RIC ( Reception and Identification center) as Europe will spend 276 million euros of EU money for new camps on the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros . Daily life in the new migrant camp with the prefabricated houses, a closed controlled facility where people can enter only by using their card in addition to their biometrical fingerprint. The new camp can host up to 3500 people split in 8 different main areas according to the group category or ethnicity and there is also a prison like detention facility. On September 21 the authorities moved all the remaining people from the former camp located in Vathi - Samos to the new one without any problems and resistance. Building and additional work is still in process. Police and private security do a screening - security check before entering in the camp. Right now 283 people are located in the new facility that was officially opened a few days ago with European representation. In the camp operate some NGO like euro relief, msf nearby, in addition to IOM and UNHCR. After the relocation asylum seekers complained about the lack of shadow, the quality of food and the distance from the town. The camp has residents from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other African countries. The official name is the Closed Controlled Access Center of Samos, run by the Greek government from the Ministry of Migration & Asylum. Zervou, Samos Island, Greece on September 23, 2021

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#7692346

26 January 2022

Family portrait of a family from Syria. Inside the new Refugee camp in Samos island that has been created in Greece with the support of the EU, as it is the first EU-funded closed controlled facility, the new Samos RIC ( Reception and Identification center) as Europe will spend 276 million euros of EU money for new camps on the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros . Daily life in the new migrant camp with the prefabricated houses, a closed controlled facility where people can enter only by using their card in addition to their biometrical fingerprint. The new camp can host up to 3500 people split in 8 different main areas according to the group category or ethnicity and there is also a prison like detention facility. On September 21 the authorities moved all the remaining people from the former camp located in Vathi - Samos to the new one without any problems and resistance. Building and additional work is still in process. Police and private security do a screening - security check before entering in the camp. Right now 283 people are located in the new facility that was officially opened a few days ago with European representation. In the camp operate some NGO like euro relief, msf nearby, in addition to IOM and UNHCR. After the relocation asylum seekers complained about the lack of shadow, the quality of food and the distance from the town. The camp has residents from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other African countries. The official name is the Closed Controlled Access Center of Samos, run by the Greek government from the Ministry of Migration & Asylum. Zervou, Samos Island, Greece on September 23, 2021

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#7692348

26 January 2022

Little boy plays in the camp. Inside the new Refugee camp in Samos island that has been created in Greece with the support of the EU, as it is the first EU-funded closed controlled facility, the new Samos RIC ( Reception and Identification center) as Europe will spend 276 million euros of EU money for new camps on the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros . Daily life in the new migrant camp with the prefabricated houses, a closed controlled facility where people can enter only by using their card in addition to their biometrical fingerprint. The new camp can host up to 3500 people split in 8 different main areas according to the group category or ethnicity and there is also a prison like detention facility. On September 21 the authorities moved all the remaining people from the former camp located in Vathi - Samos to the new one without any problems and resistance. Building and additional work is still in process. Police and private security do a screening - security check before entering in the camp. Right now 283 people are located in the new facility that was officially opened a few days ago with European representation. In the camp operate some NGO like euro relief, msf nearby, in addition to IOM and UNHCR. After the relocation asylum seekers complained about the lack of shadow, the quality of food and the distance from the town. The camp has residents from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other African countries. The official name is the Closed Controlled Access Center of Samos, run by the Greek government from the Ministry of Migration & Asylum. Zervou, Samos Island, Greece on September 23, 2021

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#7624756

12 January 2022

A Greek patrol ship of the Hellenic Navy is patrolling the Aegean Sea water borders between Greece and Turkey, just outside Kos Island with Turkey in the background with summer houses, resorts and hotels visible. Patrols are for military purposes but also for boats with refugees and migrants in addition to the FRONTEX force that guards the European borders since the refugee crisis. The vessel that patrols for asylum seekers trying to cross with a dinghy from the Turkish coast is a Diopos Antoniou P286 Hellenic Navys Kelefstis Stamou class small missile boat. Kos island and the Turkish coast from the other side of the sea are popular tourist destinations. Kos Island, Greece on November 16, 2021

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#7624758

12 January 2022

A Greek patrol ship of the Hellenic Navy is patrolling the Aegean Sea water borders between Greece and Turkey, just outside Kos Island with Turkey in the background with summer houses, resorts and hotels visible. Patrols are for military purposes but also for boats with refugees and migrants in addition to the FRONTEX force that guards the European borders since the refugee crisis. The vessel that patrols for asylum seekers trying to cross with a dinghy from the Turkish coast is a Diopos Antoniou P286 Hellenic Navys Kelefstis Stamou class small missile boat. Kos island and the Turkish coast from the other side of the sea are popular tourist destinations. Kos Island, Greece on November 16, 2021

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#7624760

12 January 2022

A Greek patrol ship of the Hellenic Navy is patrolling the Aegean Sea water borders between Greece and Turkey, just outside Kos Island with Turkey in the background with summer houses, resorts and hotels visible. Patrols are for military purposes but also for boats with refugees and migrants in addition to the FRONTEX force that guards the European borders since the refugee crisis. The vessel that patrols for asylum seekers trying to cross with a dinghy from the Turkish coast is a Diopos Antoniou P286 Hellenic Navys Kelefstis Stamou class small missile boat. Kos island and the Turkish coast from the other side of the sea are popular tourist destinations. Kos Island, Greece on November 16, 2021

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#7624762

12 January 2022

A Greek patrol ship of the Hellenic Navy is patrolling the Aegean Sea water borders between Greece and Turkey, just outside Kos Island with Turkey in the background with summer houses, resorts and hotels visible. Patrols are for military purposes but also for boats with refugees and migrants in addition to the FRONTEX force that guards the European borders since the refugee crisis. The vessel that patrols for asylum seekers trying to cross with a dinghy from the Turkish coast is a Diopos Antoniou P286 Hellenic Navys Kelefstis Stamou class small missile boat. Kos island and the Turkish coast from the other side of the sea are popular tourist destinations. Kos Island, Greece on November 16, 2021

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#7624764

12 January 2022

A Greek patrol ship of the Hellenic Navy is patrolling the Aegean Sea water borders between Greece and Turkey, just outside Kos Island with Turkey in the background with summer houses, resorts and hotels visible. Patrols are for military purposes but also for boats with refugees and migrants in addition to the FRONTEX force that guards the European borders since the refugee crisis. The vessel that patrols for asylum seekers trying to cross with a dinghy from the Turkish coast is a Diopos Antoniou P286 Hellenic Navys Kelefstis Stamou class small missile boat. Kos island and the Turkish coast from the other side of the sea are popular tourist destinations. Kos Island, Greece on November 16, 2021

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#7624766

12 January 2022

A Greek patrol ship of the Hellenic Navy is patrolling the Aegean Sea water borders between Greece and Turkey, just outside Kos Island with Turkey in the background with summer houses, resorts and hotels visible. Patrols are for military purposes but also for boats with refugees and migrants in addition to the FRONTEX force that guards the European borders since the refugee crisis. The vessel that patrols for asylum seekers trying to cross with a dinghy from the Turkish coast is a Diopos Antoniou P286 Hellenic Navys Kelefstis Stamou class small missile boat. Kos island and the Turkish coast from the other side of the sea are popular tourist destinations. Kos Island, Greece on November 16, 2021

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