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Several airlines suspended their flights to the island of Rhodes in Greece on Sunday July 23. Update on the situation with the journalist Lionel Feuerstein, present on the spot.
Thousands of people are still awaiting their repatriation from the island of Rhodes (Greece), Sunday July 23. “It’s a bit of chaos and confusion that reigns on the island. Only 2,000 tourists were able to leave Rhodes by plane or not by boat”reports the journalist Lionel Feuerstein, present on the spot.
28,000 people waiting
Therefore, 28,000 people still need to be housed, sometimes fed. “It is true that there are many volunteers who come to their aid. I have seen people offer their homes to English families. Others are housed in hotels or municipal centres, for lack of anything better”continues the journalist. “The problem is that this situation will continue, because on the front of the fires, they are not weakening. There is wind on the island, the temperatures remain extremely hot. The authorities, who seem a little overwhelmed, expect days that are still very tense”concludes Lionel Feuerstein.