On Wednesday 27 January, the Commission briefed the members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties on the situation on the Greek islands and on the preparation of the new reception centre to replace the Moria camp, which burnt down in September.
Beate Gminder, who heads the Commission’s specialised working group, gave a relatively positive assessment of the situation in the camps on the Greek islands, at least in terms of overcrowding. With 16,850 people having been...