When the Spanish NGO Proactiva spots a boat it informs the volunteers on the coast and accompanies the refugees to the inshore. After their arrival they are checked by medics and brought to camps nearby.
Last summer up to 100 boats arrived each day on the north-eastern coast of the Greek island of Lesvos. In winter the number reduced substantially. However the aid groups have a lot to do. The 15 kilometers broad coast is being watched permanently.
When the Spanish NGO Proactiva spots a boat it informs the volunteers on the coast and accompanies the refugees to the inshore. After their arrival they are checked by medics and brought to camps nearby.
Last summer up to 100 boats arrived each day on the north-eastern coast of the Greek island of Lesvos. In winter the number reduced substantially. However the aid groups have a lot to do. The 15 kilometers broad coast is being watched permanently.
A boat with refugees arrives on the coast of Lesbos near the village of Skala Skamineas.
Volunteers take care of a little girl after the arrival of her family on Lesbos.
A refugee girl watches the tumoil after the arrival of various boats on the coast of Lesbos.
A boat with refugees arrives on the coast of Lesbos near the village of Skala Skamineas.
A boat with refugees arrives on the coast near of the village of Skala Skamineas on Lesbos.
A boat with refugees arrives on the coast near of the village of Skala Skamineas on Lesbos.
A boat with refugees arrives on the coast of Lesbos near the village of Skala Skamineas.
Thousands of life jackets left behind by refugees form a huge pile on the Greek island of Lesbos near the village Eftalou. Most of them are cheap imitations, which don’t help to survive in the water.
A boat with refugees arrives on the coast of Lesbos near the village of Skala Skamineas.
Various boats with refugees arrive on the coast of Lesbos near the village of Skala Skamineas.
A boat with refugees arrives in the port of the village Skala Skamineas on Lesbos.
A boat with refugees arrives in the port of the village Skala Skamineas on Lesbos.
Refugees walk through the city of Molyvos on Lesbos after their arrival in the port.
A boat with refugees arrives on the coast of Lesbos near the village of Skala Skamineas.
Refugees who just arrived on Lesbos take selfies.
A refugee and his son stand on the coast of Lesbos near the village of Skala Skamineas.
Volunteers set up lightning devices near the airport of Mytilene to guide boats to the coast of Lesbos.
Thousands of life jackets left behind by refugees form a huge pile on the Greek island of Lesbos near the village Eftalou. Most of them are cheap imitations, which don’t help to survive in the water.
Refugees walk through the city of Molyvos on Lesbos after their arrival in the port.
Refugees who arrived on Lesbos watch the horizon.
A boat with refugees arrives in the port of the village Skala Skamineas on Lesbos.
A volunteer holds a refugee child / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
An Afghan refugee begins to cry after his arrival on Lesbos / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
A volunteer holds a little girl after the arrival of her family on Lesbos / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
A mother holds her child after their arrival on Lesbos / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
Refugees get dry clothes after their arrival on Lesbos / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
Refugees arrive on Lesbos / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
Refugees arrive on Lesbos / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
A volunteer watches the position of a refugee boat on her smartphone / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
Refugees watch the horizon after their arrival on Lesbos / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
Refugees enter a bus from the UNHCR which brings them to the Camp Moria for registration / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
A volunteer holds a child after an arrival of a refugee boat / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
A boat with refugees arrives on the coast of Lesbos near the village of Skala Skamineas.
A boat with refugees arrives on the coast of Lesbos near the village of Skala Skamineas.
A boat with refugees arrives on the coast of Lesbos near the village of Skala Skamineas.
Volunteers keep an eye on the sea / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
Volunteers help refugees after their arrival on Lesbos / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.
A refugee with a thermal blanket watches the horizon after his arrival on Lesbos / Skala Skamnias, January 13, 2016.