Camps to be built, NGOs under scrutiny

The government is expected to move forward with its plans to build new, more secure, reception facilities for migrants on the Aegean islands in the coming days, with announcements on construction expected imminently even as local authorities continue to oppose the projects.

Without determining exactly when works are to begin on the islands, a source close to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis indicated that "bulldozers are poised to move in."

The government appears determined to move forward with the creation of so-called "closed centers" despite a spate of protests by local authorities and residents on the islands who are fed up with the growing population of migrants and mistrust government pledges to gradually close down the existing facilities on the five islands - Lesvos, Samos, Chios, Leros and Kos - which are all overcrowded. 

Meanwhile authorities are...