Ritsona camp visit after the wildfire, 10.12.2023
On 10 of December, a group of 8 solidarians visited the Ritsona camp.
The decision of this urgent visit was made the night before when there was an outback of news regarding the fire situation inside the camp. Νο news for the causes of the fire by the state administration. The fire destroyed people’s belongings and documents. The groups gathered a noticeable amount of clothes and blankets from free shops, which filled up 3 cars. Regarding the news, 12 containers have been affected by the fire, and among them, 7 containers have been burned down completely. Beforehand, it was communicated through the comrades inside the camp that the families that had been the most affected by the fire, to come outside of the camp. On the arrival of solidarians, about 20-30 families were already waiting outside the camp.
The main issue was having enough warm clothes for everyone. solidarians have been informed that all the belonging of the residents of the seven containers has been totally burned down, including clothes, legal documents (asylum card), medicine, food, phones, etc.
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