Helena Smith

British news outlet “Guardian” correspondent Helena Smith writes of the growing fury among the residents of the Greek island of Lesbos over the central government’s inability to deal with the ongoing problem of the rising number of refugees and illegal migrants and the overpopulation.

The online version of British newspaper Guardian publishes a piece titled “Surge in migration to Greece fuels misery in refugee camps” highlighting the increasing plight refugees and immigrants face in the Greek hotspots and registration centres as the numbers of people entering Greece rises. From the Guardian:

Although the number of tourists who will choose Santorini for their holidays is expected to reach 2 million, with 850,000 of them arriving by cruise ships, the mayor and residents of the island are raising the alarm as beautiful island lacks key infrustructure.

Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, has promised to defy his critics by taking the country out of its longest-running crisis in modern times. “The worst is clearly behind us,” he told the Guardian in an exclusive interview.

Greece is expected to receive almost 10 times its population in holidaymakers for 2017, according to Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura, who addressed the Panhellenic Exporters’ Association last week. British media outlet “The Guardian” focused on the boom in tourism, which is the debt-stricken country’s life jacket in the years of the economic crisis.

The former editor in chief of the English version of Turkish “Zaman” newspaper, Abdullah Bozkurt posted a tweet on his account warning of increased clandestine operations of Turkish intelligence agents in Greece.

English site Guardian is highly critical of the Greek government in dealing the refugees exposed to arctic weather conditions on the island of Lesvos:
From the Guardian:

A report by The Guardian on Sunday on the problems faced by Greece's ailing public healthcare system has sparked an ugly war of words between Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis and unionists.

The risk of Grexit is back on agenda after three emergency bailouts and the biggest debt restructuring in history, says the 

The crisis deepens the despair in the “warehouse of souls” of Greece says Observer in article which describes the living conditions of hundreds of immigrants and refugees who are trapped in Greece and especially at Victoria Square, in the center of Athens.