Greece Opens New Migrant Holding Camp on Island Amid Tougher Policy

Greece Opens New Migrant Holding Camp on Island Amid Tougher Policy
A Greek national flag and a European Union flag flutter inside a newly inaugurated closed-type migrant camp on the island of Samos, Greece, on Sept. 18, 2021. Alkis Konstantinidis /Reuters
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ATHENS—Greece opened a new holding camp for migrants on Saturday on the island of Samos, close to Turkey, and said other new facilities would follow in coming months as it tightens migration policy.

The minister opening the camp said it would offer “lost dignity” to those seeking protection. Aid groups said the new facility, which will house asylum seekers and people to be deported, looked more like a jail with its fence topped by barbed wire.