The Shameful Camp

As the gateway to Europe, the Greek island of Samos has become a hellish limbo for thousands of migrants waiting for a response to their asylum applications. Conditions are poor, and the wait can take years.

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On Samos, 3,500 refugees await a response to their asylum application, some for years. 'I was a student at Damascus University. Now - nothing. Just eating and sleeping, the same as an animal', says one Kurdish refugee who fled Syria, and has been in the camp for fifteen months. The official part of the camp was designed for 660 people, so residents must cram into tents. In the main camp, for the most vulnerable refugees, people from different families must allegedly even share beds. 'If you don't want to stay there then they tell you go - go to the jungle', says one 25 year old woman. 'I didn't imagine that I would spend two years ... in such conditions. I thought the EU would take care of me', says one man who has been waiting sixteen months to hear back about his asylum application.

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