Moria migrant camp on Lesvos back in crisis

The head of the Moria migrant processing center on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, Yiannis Balpakakis, does not rule out resigning, saying that he is exhausted of dealing with the challenges of overcrowding.
"The unpredictable factor of arrivals is the biggest problem," Balpakakis told Kathimerini ahead of Thursday's scheduled visit by the deputy citizens' protection minister responsible for immigration affairs, Giorgos Koumoutsakos, adding that the camp received 115 new asylum seekers on Tuesday alone.
The struggle to cope with 7,370 asylum seekers crammed into a facility designed for 3,000 is most evident in the long lines outside the camp's showers and toilets, which have not been connected to the island's waste treatment plant yet, says Balpakakis, adding that the stench can become unbearable at times.

"We've even run out of space to install more chemical...

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