Concern over outbreaks at migrant camps

Notwithstanding Greece's relative success in curbing the spread of the coronavirus, migrant reception centers across the country remain a concern as potential hotbeds for outbreaks, particularly on the Aegean islands where facilities are overcrowded and social distancing rules are all but impossible to enforce.

In comments to Skai television on Saturday, Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis conceded that the situation with "open facilities" on the islands is "difficult" as they cannot be effectively guarded.

However, he indicated that the overall situation is relatively under control with a total of 200 cases of Covid-19 recorded at three mainland facilities - Kranidi, Ritsona and Malakasa - out of the 93 sites hosting some 100,000 migrants across the country. Fortunately none of those 200 cases is serious, he added.

As for the five migrants who broke the...