Migration pressure building

A spike in migrant flows over the last month to islands in the northern and eastern Aegean has put fresh pressure on the country's already overcrowded reception centers, to the frustration of Greek authorities which are reportedly exploring different options.
Since the beginning of August, some 6,000 asylum seekers have been admitted to island hotspots, burdening conditions at the overcrowded camps to a life-threatening degree, with instances of violence on the rise - as indicated by the fatal stabbing three days ago at the Moria refugee camp on Lesvos of a 15-year-old Afghan teenager by a boy of the same age.

According to the latest official data, the islands of Lesvos, Samos, Chios, Leros and Kos are hosting more than 24,000 refugees and migrants, with around 20,000 of them staying at hotspots designed to hold a third of that number.
To make matters worse,...