Greece slammed over conditions at migrant camps

Thousands of migrants and refugees in Greece are living in "inhuman and degrading" conditions at the country's camps, the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) said in a report on Tuesday.

The report highlighted a "lack of doctors, medicines, food and drinking water in several camps along Turkey's land border, in Athens, and on the Aegean islands," resulting in numerous health problems, including scabies from dirty blankets.

It was particularly scathing about the situation at a European Union-funded camp, or hot spot, in Fylakio on Greece's northeastern border with Turkey, where 95 migrants are said to be living in a single room.

The CPT recommended that occupancy levels be reduced drastically so as not to exceed an establishment's capacity, that facilities be clean and repaired and that every detained person be provided with...