{"id":6600,"date":"2015-08-17T14:53:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=6600"},"modified":"2015-11-25T00:10:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T23:10:14","slug":"migrants-and-tourists-and-the-pressures-on-greek-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/08\/migrants-and-tourists-and-the-pressures-on-greek-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"How should Greek islands address huge increase in migrants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pappaspost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/migrants20.jpg\" alt=\"How should Greek islands address huge increase in migrants?\" width=\"702\" height=\"391\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of migrants have been making their way in makeshift craft and dinghies to Greek islands such as Kos in recent months. Most of the migrants are from Syria and cross the narrow strait that separates Kos from Turkey. \u00a0They are seeking recognition as refugees enabling them to continue on to mainland Europe.<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 125,000 migrants\u00a0have entered Greece\u00a0by sea since January, a 750 per cent increase over the same period last year and more than in the whole of 2014 and 2013 together.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 30,000 people have been detained for illegally entering Kos and its smaller outlying islands so far this year \u2014 just short of its total population.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/greece\/11806122\/Syrian-migrants-housed-on-Greek-cruiseship-to-ease-strain-on-Kos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2,500 migrants are being temporarily housed on a cruise ship<\/a> moored off the island&#8217;s coast to ease pressure on land.<\/li>\n<li>Tourism is the island\u2019s key industry &#8211; accounting for 70% of economy during a 5 month season &#8211; \u00a0and official data show a 7.3% decline in the first seven months of 2015, a toll local businesses blame on the migrant influx, although tourists choosing other destinations due to concerns over Greece&#8217;s economy will also have played its part.<\/li>\n<li>Approximately 2,300 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/travel\/world-travel\/tourist-playground-meets-refugee-camp\/story-e6frfqbr-1227480831612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the original article on News.com.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/refugeecouncil\" target=\"_blank\">Follow the Refugee Council on Twitter.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Download the UNWTO Report:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ethics.unwto.org\/publication\/tourism-and-migration-exploring-relationship-between-two-global-phenomena\" target=\"_blank\">Tourism and Migration \u2013 Exploring the Relationship between Two Global Phenomena<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In the Future<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kos has seen tens of thousands of migrants arrive this year, and it is struggling to cope with their needs or those of tourists on whose money it relies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,138,535],"tags":[477],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How should Greek islands address huge increase in migrants?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kos has seen tens of thousands of migrants arrive this year, and it is struggling to cope with their needs or those of tourists on whose money it relies\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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