Number of Migrants Arriving in Greece from Turkey up 200 per cent

The number of migrants arriving on the Greek islands from Turkey since this August is up 200 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Greek Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas described the spike as a “special phase” and explained that arrival rates had shot up from 87 people per day in July to 156 per day in August, and then 214 a day in September and October.

With around 4,000 people arriving on the islands in October alone, Mouzalas described the situation at the congested camps on Lesvos as “very bad” and on Chios as “bad”, Ekathimerini reports.

Mr. Mouzalas also said, “We would like to see more returns because that will restore the order of things,” after just 1,360 migrants have been returned since an EU deal with Turkey was activated.

Meanwhile, numbers have also been surging in Spain from Morocco but falling in Italy, The Times reports.

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