In Greece, about 10,000 people have been crammed into Moria, a refugee
camp built for just 3,100. Though the EU has allocated $1.9 billion to
the Greek government to subsidize refugee welfare, Greece has refused to
improve the facilities for fear of encouraging more migrants. Residents
in Moria spend up to 12 hours a day waiting in line for food, which
often runs out before everyone is served. Moria refugee camp is at
breaking point; the situation is about to implode. This will happen
inwardly, harming some of the most vulnerable people in the world... The
refugee crisis in Greece demands that EU leaders address two of the key
underlying problems in Greece and the world at large: First, the factors
that drive thousands to flee their home countries; and second, the lack
of effective policies to manage humanitarian migration in a humane and
efficient manner. The EU with its enormous human and technical
resources, has the means to deliver on both these challenges - it just
needs political vision and leadership!