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Add to Preferred SourcesFollowing the fire in the Moria refugee camp, Swiss Humanitarian Aid has dispatched a plane to Greece. On board around one tonne of humanitarian aid supplies urgently needed by the refugees on the island of Lesbos.
The Greek authorities had asked Switzerland for sleeping bags, sleeping mats, water canisters, or kitchen utensils, among other things. According to the Greek authorities, there is also a serious shortage of hygiene utensils such as soap, toothpaste, or container showers following the fire in the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos.
With this emergency humanitarian aid, Switzerland is stepping up its support for the Greek authorities. For many years now, this has focused in particular on the issue of migration. Within this framework, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has provided the reception centres on the Greek islands with tents, beds, blankets, medicines, and basic medical equipment.
In addition, the SDC has for several years financed projects in the field of family reunification, the care of particularly vulnerable and unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, and the protection of women in reception centres.
Original source: SDC