Sharp increase in migrants reaching Aegean islands from Turkey
New arrivals to the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos have raised the number of migrants landing in Greece from neighboring Turkey since last Thursday to 566, government figures showed on Monday.
The figure represents a significant increase compared to arrivals in the rest of March and for the whole of February.
In the past four days, 195 migrants landed on Lesvos, 341 on Chios and 30 on Samos.
More than 14,000 migrants remain stuck on the islands of the eastern Aegean awaiting the outcome of their applications for asylum or deportation. The majority are living in overcrowded reception facilities where conditions have been described as "unacceptable" and "inhumane" by human rights groups.
