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“Greek statistics”The fire in Moria camp revealed that a quarter (!) of the registered population was missing already. And this isn’t the only case.
During the past months, we delved into the government’s practices of fabricating the numbers. https://wearesolomon.com/mag/on-the-move/morias-missing-migrants/
Reporting & writing for this piece was done by @Malichudis, additional reporting by @noornadir5.
Over the course of the past months, they met some of Moria's "missing" migrants. They witnessed them working under exploitation, victims of brutal attacks. https://wearesolomon.com/mag/on-the-move/morias-missing-migrants/
Over the course of the past months, they met some of Moria's "missing" migrants. They witnessed them working under exploitation, victims of brutal attacks. https://wearesolomon.com/mag/on-the-move/morias-missing-migrants/
Data analysis and visualization accompanying the longform was done by dear colleague @corina_pet.
Edit and proofread for the English version by @IPapangeli and @manyfacesofATH. You can read our story:
In English
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In Greek https://bit.ly/2LiSWA5
In English
https://bit.ly/3mSz7xk In Greek
https://bit.ly/2LiSWA5
How does the Greek government count the population of the camps in the Aegean islands?
“The answer is that the precise numbers were most probably never really known,” a top official of an international organization present in Moria since the early launch told @Malichudis.
“The answer is that the precise numbers were most probably never really known,” a top official of an international organization present in Moria since the early launch told @Malichudis.
And, actually, there is a phrase that could describe the numbers presented by the government: "Greek statistics".
"Greek statistics" seem to be implemented in Samos, too, where 2,000 asylum seekers are thought to be missing.
"Greek statistics" seem to be implemented in Samos, too, where 2,000 asylum seekers are thought to be missing.
Fabricated numbers cost.
Just for August, paying the catering companies for an extra 5,100 people brought:
the daily extra cost to €30,651
the total cost at the end of the month to €950,181.
That is almost €1 million, just for one month! https://wearesolomon.com/mag/on-the-move/morias-missing-migrants/
Just for August, paying the catering companies for an extra 5,100 people brought:
the daily extra cost to €30,651the total cost at the end of the month to €950,181.That is almost €1 million, just for one month! https://wearesolomon.com/mag/on-the-move/morias-missing-migrants/
As for the "missing" migrants themselves, life in the mainland has not fulfilled their expectations of what life in Europe would be like.
Some are employed (under exploitation in agriculture)
Some are employed (under exploitation in agriculture)
Others have found refuge in refugee camps, where they try to remain off the radar.
"In Afghanistan a bomb might kill you. But here you die every day," one of them told @Malichudis.
"In Afghanistan a bomb might kill you. But here you die every day," one of them told @Malichudis.
