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The local economy of Lesvos, largely dependent on tourism, has taken a hit. The home of archaic poetess Sappho, the island used to draw holidaymakers for its stunning blue waters, picture-postcard villages, sun-baked olive groves, medieval fortress and world-famous petrified forest. But tourism dropped by more than 50% in 2016 and, according to business owners on the island, hasn’t recovered by nearly enough. Cruise ships are coming less often — only eight arrived in 2019 compared to 94 in 2011. Tourists that do step onto the island see refugee children reselling bus tickets and a constant flow of those making the trek between camps and into towns.
It seems the open arms that initially had greeted those coming ashore in Lesvos have finally closed. Thousands of island locals attended a protest for Athens to process or remove the refugees. General strikes have been called. “It’s a powder keg ready to explode,” regional governor Kostas Moutzouris told local news regarding the situation.
Killed the tourism industry: 20,000 Afghans don't make historic Greek Islands attractive.The local economy of Lesvos, largely dependent on tourism, has taken a hit. The home of archaic poetess Sappho, the island used to draw holidaymakers for its stunning blue waters, picture-postcard villages, sun-baked olive groves, medieval fortress and world-famous petrified forest. But tourism dropped by more than 50% in 2016 and, according to business owners on the island, hasn’t recovered by nearly enough. Cruise ships are coming less often — only eight arrived in 2019 compared to 94 in 2011. Tourists that do step onto the island see refugee children reselling bus tickets and a constant flow of those making the trek between camps and into towns.
It seems the open arms that initially had greeted those coming ashore in Lesvos have finally closed. Thousands of island locals attended a protest for Athens to process or remove the refugees. General strikes have been ...
You would have to be pretty dumb to not see that coming!
Another example how propaganda of the FAKE NEWS is being made of foreign journalists on the Greek island of #Lesvos in #Greece. pic.twitter.com/L5wf4USgYD
— 🇺🇸 𝔼𝕄 🇩🇪 𝕂𝔸 🇺🇸 (@EM_KA_17) March 4, 2020
Bulgaria must have some sort of impenetrable barrier that we never hear about. Presumably this is in the form of a lack of gibs...
Bulgarian authorities, after Greek request, opened the Ivaylovgrad dam, so that river Evros at the Greek-Turkish border, floods.
— The Duke (@john_wayne_gr) March 10, 2020
This way it will be harder for migrants to cross.#IStandWithGreece#GreeceUnderAttack #Greece_under_attack pic.twitter.com/1yLGbShg8O
Bulgaria must have some sort of impenetrable barrier that we never hear about. Presumably this is in the form of a lack of gibs...
After a truck filled with locals stopped outside the center, continually blasting its horn through the usually serene town, workers inside hit the lights and pulled down the blinds. There was a message over loudspeakers calling for villagers to gather at the church. And it provided an opportunity for the staff to evacuate those inside two at a time.
After that day, the Drop Center was closed and staff moved elsewhere on the island. For the organization that ran the school, A Drop in the Ocean, it seemed their welcome had run out. Another NGO had rocks thrown through their windows. Later a group of local vigilantes went door-to-door looking for aid workers or refugees. “I understand that [the villagers] are tense. They live in an extreme situation. But it doesn’t excuse their behavior toward us,” said Ida Sorbye, a worker at the Drop Center.
If the Greek island of Lesvos is the frontline of Europe’s refugee crisis, Moria is a no-man’s land. The small village’s population of around 2,000 is now dwarfed by the camp of the same name up the road. As many as possible are crammed into the main facility, designed to hold only 2,800, with the rest spilling out in tents and hastily-built structures on the slopes of ancient olive groves. Numbers have exploded over the last year as new regulations require refugees to apply for asylum at their first landing place in Europe. For many that means Lesvos.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/01/refugee-crisis-in-greece-tensions-soar-between-migrants-and-locals.html
Honestly, the best way to drive refugees out is to harass the hell out of NGO Punks - many are foreigners anyway. Sorbye sounds Norwegian or Danish.
Refuse to serve them, turn backs on them, shun them, if the town is small enough. Tomatoes are good, too.
And Stop Calling them Rapefugees, Bigots:
At least 10 rapes for every report.