Leros

The recent barrage of infringements continued on Tuesday with 91 airspace violations and 27 overflights by a total of 20 Turkish F-16 fighter jets, which even flew over inhabited islands including Leros in the southeastern Aegean.

The Greek Navy completed the first phase of a diving exhibition to examine and record the current state of historic shipwrecks in the seas of Skaramanga, Saronic Gulf and Lakki, Leros, the Hellenic Navy General Staff (HNGS) said in a statement Wednesday.

The Greek government on Wednesday announced plans to set up five closed pre-departure centers for migrants on the Aegean islands of Samos, Chios, Lesvos, Kos and Leros.

A total of 70 more asylum seekers arrived at the country's main port of Piraeus on Wednesday morning as part of the Greek government's ongoing transfers from overcrowded facilities on the Aegean islands.

Five closed pre-departure centers for migrants are expected to open on the Aegean islands of Samos, Chios, Lesvos, Kos and Leros, with details to be announced by government spokesman Stelios Petsas on Wednesday. 

The centers are to host no more than 5,000 people each and are expected to replace the open camps such as Moria and Vathy. 

As government efforts to decongest overcrowded camps on the islands of the eastern Aegean continue, 36 refugees and migrants from Lesvos and seven from Chios arrived by ferry at the port of Piraeus at 6.30 a.m. on Friday.
Another 18 refugees and migrants from Kos and 51 from Leros arrived at Piraeus on a separate ferry at 8.05 a.m.

As government efforts to decongest overcrowded camps on the islands of the eastern Aegean continued, 72 refugees and migrants from Chios and 69 from Leros arrived by ferry at the port of Piraeus on Monday morning.

The new arrivals boarded coaches that will transfer them to accommodation facilities on the mainland, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

Another 168 refugees and migrants from Lesvos and Chios arrived at the port of Piraeus on Thursday morning, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

Later in the day, the ferry Nissos Rodos will bring 15 migrants and refugees from Kos and Blue Star Patmos will transfer 14 people from Leros.

Nearly 200 more asylum seekers arrived at the country's main port of Piraeus on Monday morning as part of the government's ongoing transfers from overcrowded facilities on the Aegean islands. 

 The Nisos Samos ferry brought over 151 migrants from Chios and 40 from Lesvos while another 87 migrants - 62 from Leros and 25 from Kos - were to arrive on the Blue Star 2. 

Over 1,000 asylum applicants will be transferred from islands of the northeastern Aegean to the mainland in the next three days, according to sources speaking to state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
The refugees will all be distributed to hotels throughout Greece, the same sources said.