Asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors within the overcrowded Pournara reception centre shall be separated primarily based on their nationality to forestall clashes and severe accidents, Philenews reported on Saturday.
The Inside Ministry’s resolution comes shortly after Thursday’s stabbing of a 17-year-old boy by a 15-year-old boy – each residents of the camp. The sufferer is in severe situation and the assailant nonetheless at giant.
Furthermore, 35 irregular migrants suffered minor wounds throughout the altercation that led to the stabbing on Wednesday afternoon between rival teams of the underage asylum seekers.
Nigerian, Congolese and Somali youths housed on the camp attacked one another over a “completely insignificant purpose” that started on the facility’s basketball court docket. Riot police needed to be referred to as in to revive order.
Pournara’s area can solely accommodate some 700 folks however round 2,250 immigrants now stay there. Along with the overcrowded situations the coronavirus pandemic has made the scenario even worse.
The Ministry has instructed extra police presence inside and out of doors Pournara on a 24-hour foundation, along with orders for them to be separat4d primarily based on their nationality.