Greece: Boat Arrivals Continue

In spite of worsening weather conditions in recent days, refugee and migrant arrivals in Greece continue to climb and are expected to reach the 400,000 mark shortly. Greece remains by far the largest single entry point for new sea arrivals in the Mediterranean, followed by Italy with 131,000 arrivals so far in 2015.
With the new figures from Greece, the total number of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean this year stands now close to the 530,000 mark. The small island of Lesvos, once a popular tourist resort, has been at the frontline of this influx of arrivals.

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[blackbrass]

Those boats and life jackets aren't cheap. Who's paying for all that abandoned equipment?
And who is going to clean all that up before it effects sea life?

[kelly]

There comes a point where we have seen so many hundreds and thousands of immigrants daily that we realise that by helping them we are jeopardizing our own 😞😞

They don’t need to take this deadly trip, they can go to their neighbouring country but strangely enough, they prefer free housing and benefits 👌🏼

This is tedious now

[satishimca]

Law of sea should be applied for immigrants. Only woman and children should be accepted. Men should be sent away for fighting in their country. this way safety can be ensured in Europe. I really don't know why Europe can't make this simple change.

[original]

Sink 2 boats and they won't come again(Problem solved)