Samos, Samos, Greece. 28th June, 2019. Migrants from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo play football outside of Samos.Samos Island is one of Europe's migrant hotspots acting as a reception and identification centre (RIC). It was established as a temporary accommodation site where migrants could be processed before moving to a refugee camp on the mainland. However, due to the continued number of arrivals, the mainland camps are full and so migrants are being left at the islands. The conditions are inhuman as the Central Government has for several years ignored requests from the
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June 28, 2019 - Samos, Samos, Greece - Migrants from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo play football outside of Samos..Samos Island is one of Europe’s migrant hotspots acting as a reception and identification centre (RIC). It was established as a temporary accommodation site where migrants could be processed before moving to a refugee camp on the mainland. However, due to the continued number of arrivals, the mainland camps are full and so migrants are being left at the islands. The conditions are inhuman as the Central Government has for several years ignored requests from the municipality for assistance for the island. (Credit Image: © Lexie Harrison-Cripps/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)