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MSF Denounces Greece’s Idomeni Refugee Camp Evacuation

© AFP 2023 / STR / POOLA bulldozer clears the debris at the site of the makeshift refugee and migrant camp in Idomeni close to the Greek-Macedonian border on May 25, 2016
A bulldozer clears the debris at the site of the makeshift refugee and migrant camp in Idomeni close to the Greek-Macedonian border on May 25, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, or MSF) called on the Greek authorities to ensure that "adequate and continuous assistance" is ensured during the relocation of the migrants from Idomeni refugee camp on the border with Macedonia.

A group of migrants and refugees who stayed in Idomeni makeshift camp walks through a field in attempt to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Evzoni, Greece, May 12, 2016. - Sputnik International
Greece's Idomeni Refugee Camp 'Disgrace' for EU
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, or MSF) denounced actions of the Greek authorities evacuating the Idomeni refugee camp on the border with Macedonia, in a statement on Thursday.

On Tuesday, Greek law enforcers began clearing the overcrowded, unofficial Idomeni refugee camp with 400 police officers working on the ground in every 8-hour shift.

"People are not being informed of where they are going, and this is far from acceptable. They need to be able to make informed decisions and must be provided with accurate information in order to do so," MSF’s Project Coordinator in Idomeni Michele Telaro said, as quoted in the statement.

A migrant family carries their belongings during an evacuation operation by police forces of a makeshift migrant camp at the border at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, on May 24, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The statement also called on the Greek authorities to ensure that "adequate and continuous assistance" is ensured during the relocation of the migrants from the camp.

The EU states are currently struggling to deal with a refugee influx, with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Many of them arrive on the Greek coasts, traveling via Turkey and across the Mediterranean Sea.

On Wednesday, President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz called the Idomeni camp, which at some point became a home to 10,000 refugees, "a disgrace" for all of the EU member states that have refused to take in refugees.

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