Greece opens new migrant holding camp on island amid tougher policy

A view of a newly inaugurated closed-type migrant camp on the island of Samos, Greece, September 18, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece opened a new holding camp for migrants on Saturday on the island of Samos, close to Turkey, and said other new facilities would follow in coming months as it tightens migration policy.

The minister opening the camp said it would offer "lost dignity" to those seeking protection. Aid groups said the new facility, which will house asylum seekers and people to be deported, looked more like a jail with its fence topped by barbed wire.