With a surge of new cases of coronavirus cases amongst immigrants, there are concerns over the safety of people who are stuck trying to receive refugee status.
One example is that there were 2 migrants that arrived by sea to the Greek island Lesbos, and they both tested positive for coronavirus, which has prompted increasing call for the evacuation of the refugee camps.
These camps are already very overcrowded and hygiene is always a concern at these types of camps.
It is proving hard enough to control the spread of the coronavirus in public areas and cities where we have good public health measures, but in a refugee camp where people are extremely close together and sanitary measures are very poor, it is proving impossible.
In the case of Lesbos in Greece, thankfully the officials in place were regulating people coming into the camp, so the two people were able to be quarantined, preventing over 20,000 other people being put at risk of contracting the virus.
But what about other concentration camps where they are unable to test everyone on arrival?
It is very hard to predict where the virus will come into these kind of areas, and it could even enter the camps via workers or aid personnel.
The biggest problem facing these refugee camps is the problem of overcrowding.
Many of these camps have grown from a population of just a few thousand to well over 20,000, just like in the case of the Greek island of Lesbos.
There are other issues at stake, for example the poor respiratory conditions in these camps due to damp conditions and lots of people squeezed in to a small area.
A major concern is the fact that the coronavirus does not always show symptoms, so people could have it and spread it without even knowing.
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