“Ariadni” ferry with 529 migrants and refugees docked at Piraeus port on Wednesday morning.
More specifically, on board “Ariadni” were 50 persons from Chios and 479 from Mytilene.
“Blue Star 2” is expected to arrive to the port later in the day carrying 144 refugees and migrants from Dodecanese islands, Greece (74 from Rhodes and 70 from Kos).
According to the data of the Piraeus Port Authority, 3,070 refugees and migrants are temporary hosted within the passengers stations. One of them, at the Gate E-2, is completely saturated with people, that many tents needed to set outside the premises.
Red Cross personnel is expected to distribute food within the day and on Wednesday, the dispensary set up by the Piraeus Medical Association is also planned to become operational.
(source: ana-mpa)
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