Claim: Greece quarantines second migrant camp after COVID-19 case confirmed.
Verdict: SUPPORTS

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title: 2009 flu pandemic in Europe
text: who came back from a trip to Argentina two days earlier. As he travelled across Croatia and Germany with other people, they were put in semi quarantine. The second case was confirmed on 25 June. The infected person is a 4-year-old female citizen of Australia who was visiting Sombor. She had contact with 13 people whose health is being monitored. On 26 June, three more cases were confirmed, out of which two were independent cases while one patient was infected from contact with the previously diagnosed patient. In total 44 people were put under quarantine surveillance. On 28 June 6

title: Diavata refugee camp
text: Diavata refugee camp Diavata refugee camp is a military-run refugee camp located in Diavata, a community belonging to the municipality of Delta, Central Macedonia, Greece. The camp opened on 24 February 2016 to host Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi refugees fleeing the Syrian Civil War, the long-ongoing Afghan conflict and the Iraq War. The camp has capacity for 2500 refugees and as of 1 July 2016, hosts 1,744 refugees in 171 tents and 134 RHUs (Refugee Housing Units). The former military camp of Anagnostopoulou was reconverted in the current Diavata refugee camp, producing protests by about 800 neighbours of Diavata, that

title: 2009 flu pandemic in Europe
text: May 2009 the authorities confirmed the first case of swine flu in Greece. The infected person was a 14-year-old American child who lived in Connecticut and who flew to Greece a few days before. He was hospitalised at Sismanogleion but was not gravely ill. The authorities have contacted many of the passengers who sat near this patient on the plane and are examining them for suspicious symptoms. At this point in time Greece has enough anti-virals to cover 12% of the population (at least 10% is the amount proposed by the EU directives). The 14-year-old is now out of the

title: Vasilika refugee camp
text: facilities. Vasilika refugee camp The Vasilika refugee camp is a military-run refugee camp located in an old warehouse in Vasilika village (Thermi), Central Macedonia, Greece. The camp opened on 14 June 2016 to host the refugees evicted from the Idomeni refugee camp and Hotel Hara. Greek authorities declared that 1,158 people, fundamentally Syrian and Iraqi, were moved from the Eko camp (belonging to Idomeni refugee camp) to Vasilika in buses. As of 23 June 2016, there were 1,205 refugees registered in the Vasilika refugee camp. Some refugees have denounced to the media the poor conditions of the camp regarding food

title: 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
text: oversee deportations. On 25 August 2016, seven Turkish citizens were seeking asylum in Greece. A couple, both of whom are university professors, and their two children applied for asylum in Alexandroupoli after they illegally entered the country from the northeastern border. Also, three businessmen have illegally reached the Greek island of Rhodes, and they also applied for asylum. On 30 August 2016, a Turkish judge arrived to the Greek island of Chios on a migrant boat, along with six Syrian nationals, and sought asylum in the country. He told the Greek coast guard and police officers that he is being

title: Kara Tepe Refugee Camp
text: Kara Tepe Refugee Camp Kara Tepe is located about 2.5km to the northeast of Mytilene, the capital of the island of Lesbos. The camp is managed by a special organization affiliated with the Municipality of Lesvos and led by Stavrous Mirogiannis. The purpose of the camp is to provide temporary housing for asylum seekers as they await their registration processes. Kara Tepe is the overflow site for the Moria registration center, known as a hotspot established by the Greek government through which new arrivals would be processed. Asylum seekers spend a minimum of 25 days in the Moria camp before

title: July 2016 Turkish military asylum incident in Greece
text: Greek and Turkish hackers. Turkey suspended its bilateral migrant readmission deal with Greece in response to the decision by the Greek government to release the eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called for “restraint and calm” after Turkey's decision. July 2016 Turkish military asylum incident in Greece During the failed 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt on 15 July 2016, eight Turkish military personnel claimed asylum in Greece. The Turkish servicemen arrived in Greece on board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Although a Greek court ruled that three

title: European migrant crisis
text: or other member states could be authorized to extend border controls for up to two years instead of the normal six months. On 11 February, NATO announced that it was going to deploy ships in the Aegean Sea to deter people smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece, the first 3 ships being the Royal Canadian Navy's "HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337)", Turkish Naval Forces's "TCG Barbaros (F-244)" and German Navy's "Bonn (A1413)" from NATO's SNMG2. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said the mission would not be about "stopping or pushing back refugee boats", but about intelligence gathering and sharing information with

title: Syrian refugee camps
text: African countries. In Greece, the refugee camps opened in response to the European migrant crisis host Syrian refugees (54.9% of arrivals) followed by Afghan (24.6%) and Iraqi refugees (11.0%). There are currently 57,042 refugees in Greece, according to data collected in 2016 by The Refugee Crisis Management Coordination Body. Epirus <br> Central Macedonia <br> Eastern Macedonia and Thrace <br> Western Greece <br> Central Greece <br> Thessalia <br> Attica <br> Greek Islands, as of 10/06/2016: North Aegean Lesvos <br> Chios <br> Samos <br> South Aegean Leros <br> Kos <br> Rhodes Syrian refugee camps Syrian refugee camps and shelters are temporary settlements

title: Vasilika refugee camp
text: Vasilika refugee camp The Vasilika refugee camp is a military-run refugee camp located in an old warehouse in Vasilika village (Thermi), Central Macedonia, Greece. The camp opened on 14 June 2016 to host the refugees evicted from the Idomeni refugee camp and Hotel Hara. Greek authorities declared that 1,158 people, fundamentally Syrian and Iraqi, were moved from the Eko camp (belonging to Idomeni refugee camp) to Vasilika in buses. As of 23 June 2016, there were 1,205 refugees registered in the Vasilika refugee camp. Some refugees have denounced to the media the poor conditions of the camp regarding food and

title: Diavata refugee camp
text: families, and that single men are accommodated in the building on the territory. The data is extracted from UNHCR statistics Diavata refugee camp Diavata refugee camp is a military-run refugee camp located in Diavata, a community belonging to the municipality of Delta, Central Macedonia, Greece. The camp opened on 24 February 2016 to host Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi refugees fleeing the Syrian Civil War, the long-ongoing Afghan conflict and the Iraq War. The camp has capacity for 2500 refugees and as of 1 July 2016, hosts 1,744 refugees in 171 tents and 134 RHUs (Refugee Housing Units). The former military

title: European Border and Coast Guard Agency
text: reported to have had limited access to the facilities. While the reception center is not in the position to grant refugee status, it was reported that some asylum seekers could be held in the reception camp indefinitely. "Joint Operation Poseidon" began on 2006, after Greece asked for surveillance by Frontex of the country's sea and land borders between the EU-member Greece and Turkey. The Joint Operation is divided into two branches, the Poseidon Sea Operation which oversees the sea borders of the EU with Turkey in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas, and the Poseidon Land Operation which oversees the southeastern

title: Greek–Turkish relations
text: 7, 2016, upon the request of the Turkish Foreign Ministry. At August 11, 2016, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that they left Greece to Italy on August 6 and added that Turkey will officially ask Italian authorities to extradite the two soldiers. On August 25, 2016, seven Turkish citizens were seeking asylum in Greece. A couple, both of whom are university professors, and their two children applied for asylum in Alexandroupoli after they illegally entered the country from the northeastern border. Also, three businessmen have illegally reached the Greek island of Rhodes, and they also applied for asylum.

title: July 2016 Turkish military asylum incident in Greece
text: received postponement, in order to be better prepared. The interviews for the first two were set for 19, 23, 24 and 25 August. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office sent an extradition request to the Justice Ministry to be sent to Greek authorities for the eight servicemen because of their suspected role in the coup attempt. One of the Turkish servicemen, Captain Feridun Çoban, appeared before a Greek asylum committee. Three of the soldiers told the Asylum Commission that they had intentionally sought asylum in Belgium, France, and Spain so as to avoid extradition. The lawyer for the three soldiers

title: Mytilene
text: lifejackets by smugglers. Others have suffered from hypothermia. The number of individuals coming through Lesbos has dwindled since the signing of the controversial EU-Turkey deal which restricted the number of refugees that could legally resettle in Europe. The deal stated that persons arriving in Greece by first traveling through Turkey would, after March 20, 2016, be deported from Greece and sent back to Turkey if Greece did not confer them asylum status. As of July 2017, seventy to eighty refugees are still arriving in Greece daily despite the deal and "many of them on Lesbos", according to Daniel Esdras, the

title: 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
text: than 1,800 Turkish citizens requested asylum in Greece in 2017. On 18 February 2018, seventeen Turkish nationals, including six children, have requested asylum in Greece at Oinousses island. In August 2018, the former lawmaker for the Peopless Democratic Party, Leyla Birlik, requested asylum in Greece after illegally crossing the border near Alexandroupolis. Berlin mayor, Michael Müller (SPD), accused Turkey of waging war on supporters of the Gülen movement in Germany. He said that Turkish officials had approached him and asked him whether he would be prepared to critically confront the Gülen movement in Berlin and, if necessary, to support measures

title: 2009 flu pandemic in Europe
text: Macedonia is not affected from swine flu, the government ordered a ten days health monitoring period for everybody that comes from an affected country. On 4 July, Macedonia confirmed the first two cases of virus A/H1N1. As of 8 December 2009, 9 death cases due to complications from the swine flu have been recorded in Macedonia. , 18 death cases have been confirmed in Macedonia. On 2 July 2009, two men were diagnosed with swine flu after a holiday in Girona, Spain. Malta had so far been the only country in European Union without swine flu cases. On 3 July

title: European migrant crisis
text: migrants and refugees willing to make the journey across the Aegean has increased noticeably. At Athens officials voiced worries that Turkish monitors overseeing the deal in Greece had been abruptly pulled out after the failed coup with little sign of them being replaced. Also, the mayor of Kos, expressed concern in a letter to the Greek Prime Minister sighting the growing influx of refugees and migrants after the failed coup. The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) warned about the prospect of another flare-up in the refugee/migrant crisis due to the Turkish political instability. In September 2016, Greek volunteers of

title: European migrant crisis
text: Turkey and Greece, both NATO allies. On 1 March 2016, the Greek government asked the EU for 480 million euros in emergency funds to shelter 100,000 refugees. The Republic of Macedonia closed its border with Greece on 9 March 2016 where 12,000 to 13,000 migrants were stuck at Idomeni on the Greek side, while the total number of migrants throughout Greece are estimated to be more than 50,000. After the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt Greek authorities on a number of Aegean islands have called for emergency measures to curtail a growing flow of refugees from Turkey, the number of

title: July 2016 Turkish military asylum incident in Greece
text: said that they would appeal the extradition decision. The other five soldiers were to be re-interviewed by the asylum commission in Athens. The first-instance board of Greece’s political asylum commission rejected the asylum application of another four of the eight coup-plotting soldiers. “We came to Greece to save our lives, not be pawns of foreign policy and bilateral agreements. We have not been labeled terrorists even in our own country,” their statement said. A Greek court refused to extradite three of the soldiers, stating that to do so could put their lives in danger. The Turkish Minister of National Defence,