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The mayor of the southernmost Greek island of Gavdos said Thursday that it has put an end to a business venture by a woman from Hania on Crete who had set up seven tents on beaches and rented them out to tourists via online platforms.

Turks are increasingly passing up skyrocketing hotel prices in favor of budget-friendly camping vacations. The sale of camping equipment such as tents has accordingly almost doubled. Some stores have expanded their camping sections to accommodate the growing demand.

Businesses and organizations in Samos will be going on strike on Thursday in demand that the migrant and refugee center on the eastern Aegean island be shut down and its 3,685 residents moved to more suitable facilities.

Concerns regarding the living conditions at the camp have grown in recent months, as the 650-spot facility is hosting more than five times its capacity.

A coroner on Tuesday was investigating the death of a 24-year-old man from Cameroon who was taken to hospital late on Monday from the overcrowded Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesvos.

In this file photo taken on March 08, 2018 members of the emergency services in green biohazard encapsulated suits arrive to afix the tent over the bench where a man and a woman were found on March 4 in critical condition at The Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury, southern England, after the tent became detached. AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL

A group of people whose houses were demolished in Istanbul's Fikirtepe neighborhood amid a massive ongoing urban transformation project have recently started living in tents in the construction area, in protest at the still-unfinished construction.

While European Union countries shut their doors to migrants - Italy and Malta last week refused to allow a rescue ship carrying more than 600 migrants to dock at their ports - Greek authorities are reopening unused camps and facilities across the mainland to accommodate the swelling number of asylum seekers.

The Migration Policy Ministry is reportedly considering increasing the capacity of existing refugee and migrant centers on the mainland as a first step in managing a recent spike in arrivals from neighboring Turkey, in a plan ministry sources say the European Union agrees with.

Several suspicious sites and a tent were spotted by the rescue teams in the Camp 3 area below the Shishapangma peak in the Himalayas, along the way Bulgarian climber Boyan Petrov disappeared. This was said for bTV by Yogesh Sapkota, marketing director of Simrik Air, who coordinates the air and land rescue from Nepal.

Yesterday about 200 refugees and migrants blocked the highway near Thessaloniki in northern Greece. They protested against the poor conditions in their camp, the Associated Press reported.

The protest last night continued an hour and ended after more police was sent there to handle the situation. The protest began after the tents in the camp had been flooded.