Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on conditions in refugee camps on the Greek islands (a) Chios, (b) Kos, (c) Leros, (d) Lesbos and (e) Samos.
Greek Government figures for the capacity and actual number of migrants in camps on the five Greek islands in question as of 11 January can be summarised as follows:
Island | Capacity | Latest population |
Chios | 894 | 1676 |
Kos | 772 | 668 |
Leros | 880 | 617 |
Lesvos | 2330 | 5492 |
Samos | 700 | 2572 |
We are concerned about the overcrowded conditions in many of the camps. This is partly as a result of higher than expected numbers of arrivals over the winter months. In response to the migration crisis in Greece, the UK provided 500,000 relief items such as tents, blankets and clothes, and delivered more than 1.4 million meals to vulnerable migrants and refugees. The UK's humanitarian support to Greece totalled £39 million between 2015 and 2017.