Frustration At Slow Pace Of Migrants Registration Process

Up to seveteen-thousands migrants are waiting in the capital Mytilene with more than two-thirds described as living in "miserable" conditions.
Chaos have broken out on the Greek holiday island of Lesbos between police and migrants desperate the move to the European mainland.

It comes after a minister in the Greek government told a local radio station that the island was "one step from an explosion".

Many of the migrants have been frustrated at the slow pace of the registration process that they need to undergo before they can buy a ticket for a boat to mainland Greece.

"We've seen babies being breastfed on the sidewalk this morning. Toddlers in quite a lot of distress, just unable to cope with the situation.

 

"There are no washing facilities, there is water, no food and no power.

"We've seen clashes and migrants and refugees storming the office where registration takes place."

 

Samuels said that the situation had calmed ahead of a plan by Greece to distribute aid and employ more people at the registration centre, after it appealed to the EU for help.

The migrants and refugees on Lesbos are part of the migration crisis that has been affecting Europe over the summer.