The Greek leader of the municipality of Moria on the island of Lesbos, Mr Trakelis, started a hunger strike protesting outside of the Aegean and Island Policy General Secretariat, Protothema . The reason for this were the severe hygiene and security problems that the locals are facing for the past three years, living next to the largest refugee camp in Greece. A few days ago, migrants started a fire, burning down 10 acres of olive trees. This was the last straw for the residents of Moria. That incident made the head of the community start his hunger strike. Holding a sign that read "MORIA SOS, SOLUTION NOW" Mr Trakelis stated: "We can't take it anymore. From the year 2015 on, we are experiencing a complete disaster in our village. Inside the camp the sanitation facilities are built for 800 people, and right now 8000 people are living there. The sewage is poured into the nearby rivers and ends up in the sea passing through our properties. There is garbage everywhere, dirt and mosquitoes. Every notion of safety and hygiene is ruined in our village." According to Mr Trakelis every time he meets with the members of the government they promise him to get rid of the camp but nothing happens at all. "Everybody is fooling us... Everybody, the government and the EU are fooling us.... The residents are ready to take the law into their hands. We are trying to keep the local municipality accountable, to preserve any social cohesion that has remained within our people..." Mr Trakelis states that he will remain outside the Aegean and Island Policy General Secretariat, which represents the island of Lesbos. "The state finally needs to start working, we don't seek anything else but for the government to defend our lives and our properties as every state is obliged to do for its citizens... no more promises, we need actions....." | http://bit.ly/2Kx8cr0
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