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Daily Report 22 Arrivals and Departures: Condition of People:

Greek government figures showed that 51,879 refugees In the past few days, people previously present on the Greek and migrants were present in . During a meeting Islands (nearly 6,000 refugees) who arrived prior to 20 March held yesterday, acknowledging the teething challenges, EU were transported by ferry from Lesvos, Chios, Rhodos and migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos mentioned Kos islands to Piraeus, Elefsina and Kavala. People will be that the influx would not be reduced “in a night”; whilst further transported to hosting centres in the region of Attica. Greek Prime Minister, , questioned the ability of 4,840 refugees are temporarily accommodated within the port putting the agreement into practice if thousands of refugees of Piraeus, according to port authorities. continued to arrive in Greece.

Critical Developments resettlement scheme constitute the currently non-allocated The first of some 2,500 personnel from other European reserve of commitments under the existing Council Decision. Union countries is expected to arrive to Greece as of March After welcoming a first planeload of 64 refugees flown 28. The EU’s border agency, Frontex, asked member-states directly from Greece on March 7, and 149 refugees who and Schengen associated countries on Monday to provide arrived to Portugal under the relocation plan, according to 1,500 police officers and 50 return and readmission experts media reports, the Portuguese government agreed to receive to support Greece in returning migrants to Turkey. Frontex 10,000 refugees and migrants under the relocation scheme. currently has 734 personnel in Greece. On 8 June 2015, the Commission adopted a proposal on the European Resettlement Scheme, which was followed by an According to the agreement to be implemented, staff agreement among the Member States on 20 July to resettle consisting of police officers, asylum case officers, and 22,504 persons in clear need of international protection, in judges and interpreters will be sent to the Greek Islands line with the figures put forward by UNHCR. to process refugee claims and returns. The first wave of personnel is expected to arrive next Monday, with the first UNHCR redefined its role in Greece as EU-Turkey deal ferries carrying asylum seekers to Turkey expected to set sail came into effect. UNHCR has till now been supporting the a week later, as of 4 April. For this to be possible, specialist authorities in the so-called “hotspots” on the Greek islands, asylum caseworkers hearing individual cases is a paramount where refugees and migrants were received, assisted, and condition. registered. Under the new provisions, these sites have now become closed detention facilities. Accordingly, and in line Although EU member states pledged to provide more than with our policy on opposing mandatory detention, we have half the required staff, Greek authorities are expected to have suspended some of our activities at all closed centres on the 1,500 staff in place at a time when public sector recruitment is islands. This includes provision of transport to and from these frozen given the country’s financial crisis. sites. However, UNHCR will maintain a presence to carry out protection monitoring to ensure that refugee and human Response rights standards are upheld, and to provide information on the rights and procedures to seek asylum. The recommended to allocate 54,000 places for resettlement of Syrians from Turkey. This proposal Weather Headlines complements the existing EU resettlement scheme for 22,504 people which was agreed in July 2015, of which 18,000 places Deteriorating conditions as depression moves into the region remain available. According to the EU Commission, the 54,000 tonight and affects the region until Thursday, leading to very places foreseen for reattribution from the relocation to the strong winds and high seas on the Aegean.

Average Daily Arrivals and Trends Greece

7-13 March 21 March (new week) 1,420 880 -8% from previous week +46% from previous week

14 - 20 March Monthly Average Daily Arrival 605 March (as of 21 March) -57% from previous week 1,135 -40% from previous month

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Past and Upcoming Meetings/Events

8 March 11 March 17-18 March European Parliament Plenary for EU-Turkey Summit, 1-3 March session, Strasbourg. UN High Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Brussels European Commission Commissioner for Refugees, Management President Visit to Greece and Filippo Grandi’s speech meeting with the Greek Prime the Western Balkans Minister Alexis Tsipras in

30 March 7 March 10-11 March 13 March 16 March High-level European Council meeting Justice and Home Affairs Regional elections, Slovenian Speaker of the meeting on global with Turkey, Brussels. Council, Brussels. Council Germany National Assembly, Milan responsibility sharing Statement of the EU Heads conclusions on migrant Angela Merkel’s Brglez, to meet with Croatian through pathways for of State or Government smuggling CDU suffers Former Minister of Health admission of Syrian and UNHCR’s reaction to German state and Social Welfare, Željko refugees, Statement of the EU Heads election setbacks Reiner, in Croatia to discuss of State and Government of cooperation and topical Turkey international issues

Estimated Arrivals and People Present* per Country Yesterday

* estimated people present currently not applying Austria 177 for asylum - 150 ** The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Hungary (please note that the fYRoM abbreviation is used for - design purposes) arrivals Slovenia 0 xxx 58 xxx present Arrivals Present* Croatia 0 202 Greece - Islands 880 5,775

Greece - Mainland 616 46,104 Serbia 0 2,000 fYRoM** 0 1,176

Serbia 0 2,000 fYRoM** 0 Croatia 0 202 1,176 Hungary 150 -

Slovenia 0 58 Greece - Mainland 616 Austria 177 - 46,104

880 Greece - Islands Wave Height vs Arrivals to Lesvos 5,775

The graph highlights historical correlation (from 1st January 2016 until present) between average wave heights around Lesvos and number of registered arrivals to the island. The data shows a clear negative correlation: as the sea states become Applying this same negative correlation to forecast wave data rougher, with increasing wave heights, the number of people allows us to make a forecast prediction on the number of people travelling to Lesvos decreases. As sea states and wave heights moving from Turkey to the Greek islands, giving a trend on reduce, the number of people travelling to Lesvos increases. whether these numbers will increase or decrease. 1.6 3000

Significant Wave Height (m) 1.4 Arrivals 2500

1.2 2000 1

0.8 1500

0.6 1000

0.4 500 0.2

0 0

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Social Media

Facebook Activity: Ced Jereb posted about some of the ways in which refugee children are being kept entertained during the crisis: “#Refugees Facebook group Forgotten in Idomeni posted about the kids are laughing when the funny clown plays ukulele in #Moria desperate measures some refugees have begun resorting to as Camp” a man threatened to take his own life. Current statistics for: #moria Twitter Activity: 8 tweets, 25 retweets per hour Over 6,950 impressions per hour Natasha Tsangarides posted: “#Moria: for new #refugeesgr, Yesterday saw the highest level of activity using #moria; there they are confiscating refugees mobile phones and personal were 200 individual tweets and 900 retweets. Other related items on arrival” hashtags include: #refugees, #greece, and #lesvos

Distribution of monthly arrivals to each Greek island September to 20 March

Southern Dodecanese 2% 3% Kos 7% 2% Leros 3% 5% Samos 10% 13%

Chios 11% 31%

63% Lesvos 51%

Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar

Daily and Weekly Average Arrivals to Greece 28 December to 21 March

Weekly average arrival

5,000 Daily arrival

4,500

4,000

3,500

3,000

2,700 2,500 2,500 2,400 2,400

2,000 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,600 1,500 1,400 1,200 1,000 1,100 800 500 600

0 28 Dec -3 Jan 4-10 Jan 11-17 Jan 18-24 Jan 25-31 Jan 1-7 Feb 8-14 Feb 15-21 Feb 22-28 Feb 29 Feb -6 Mar 7 - 13 Mar 14 - 20 Mar 21-Mar

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Weather Forecast Greece - Slovenia Key locations crossed by refugees Sentilj Jesenice

3°C Slovenia

0°C Settled but cooler

SLOVENIA Sid

CROATIA 4°C 4°C

Dobova Croatia 2°C Cloudy, feeling cooler Slavonski Serbia Brod Gradually becoming SERBIA more settled and cooler through the period.

Tabanovce

5°C

Gevgelija fYRoM* fYRoM* Unsettled with rain and strong winds, possibly 9°C thunderstorms Thessaloniki

10°C

GREECE Lesvos Greek Islands

13°C Unsettled with heavy rain and thunderstorms at times Forecast next 24h Mainland Greece °C until Saturday Unsettled with rain and Athens strong winds, possibly Hazards thunderstorms 9°C Kos xxxxxxx xxxxxxx Outlook 2-5 days

14°C

Weather Assessment

• Settled, warm and dry conditions continuing across the peaks of 20-40mm in northern Greece around and to region through much of today. High level thunderstorms the north of Kavala. Very poor conditions on the Aegean pushing across the region through this evening, although with possible storm force winds and very rough seas only small amounts of rain expected to reach the ground. throughout the day.

• Marked increase in southerly winds in the Aegean • Cooler with further rain and thunderstorms on Thursday, overnight, perhaps reaching gale force by morning, particularly affecting western coasts of Greece and leading to rough seas, which will make travel by small Turkey. Winds and seas easing across the Aegean. boats dangerous. • Remaining unsettled across the Aegean into the • Much wetter conditions expected into Wednesday weekend, but settled and cooler further North. particularly in NE Greece, with the potential for localised

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Annex 1 Key Figures from the Portal

Europe Refugee Emergency Site locations in Greece As of 22 march 2016 08:00 a.m. EET

Drama Cherso 479 Eidomeni Total Mainland 3,863 500 Nea Karvali 13,250 people on sites 2,500 734 46,104 EKO Gas station 1,000 25,660 capacity min 1,250 Eleftheroupoili 30,660 capacity max A 214 Nea Kavala 3,515 Pieria 200 Pieria (Camping Nireas) 2,500 190 Total Islands 95 190 100 5,775 people on Official Konitsa Kozani sites 162 421 7,450 capacity 150 400 Giannitsa 850 Doliana Katsika 900 Trikala Diavata 207 1,045 Larisa (Municipality) 191 2,253 400 1,500 390 200 2,500 Ioannina (stadium) 400 Larisa (Koutsochero) 229 1,191 Thessaloniki port Filipiada 200 329 1,300 Lesvos 660 400 2,929 700 A 3,500 Thermopiles 387 400

Ritsona Schisto 826 Malakasa Chios 1,970 1,000 970 1,810 2,000 Victoria Square 1,000 1,100 Agios Andreas 138 Eleonas B 120 706 Samos Lavrio 700 829 405 850 Piraeus Site 400 People on site 4,840 Capacity

Leros 0 1,000 Kos 63 Elliniko I 1,000 1,535 Elliniko II Rhodes 1,400 1,629 71 1,300

Elliniko III Megisti 1,180 73 1,300 0 B 5 Based on figures from the Coordination Centre for the Management of the Refugee Crisis as of 22/03/2016 08:00 a.m. Eastern European Time.