Arrivals from Lesbos are stuck in poor conditions at the city camp, with those granted asylum left to fend for themselves
The only refugee camp in Athens is barely a mile south-west of the Acropolis as the crow flies. Officials speak of Elaionas as a model camp, one that has blended decent living conditions with clockwork efficiency.
A collection of colourfully painted cabins, set either side of concrete pathways, Elaionas was built on former wasteland off the Sacred Way, ancient Greece’s oldest road. It opened in 2015, at the height of the refugee crisis. But in the rush to house families ordered to leave Moria, the infamous holding centre on Lesbos, authorities have turned the football pitch into a tent city that has become synonymous with desperation and despair.
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