Carnival cruise ship
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The Greek government is planning to charter cruise ships and book hotel rooms to deal with the country's renewed migrant crisis.

The Secretary of State of the Greek Ministry of Immigration, Mr Giannis Balafas, said during an interview with the Greek radio station REALFM that it's a necessary measure for especially rejected asylum seekers or migrants.

Some camps in Greece are overcrowded and with the winter coming hotels will be used to host refugees. The situation at the Islands of Lesvos and Samos is described as critical.

According to the Greek government besides hotel rooms, cruise ships could be hired as well. Already 20,000 refugees are living in Greek apartments, as part of a program for 30,000 newcomers sponsored by the European Union.

In the meantime a lot of native Greeks could soon loose their own homes. As a result of the financial crisis banks will start within weeks with selling several private owned houses at auctions.

Hundreds of homeless Greeks could watch their government provide luxurious shelters to immigrants, while they need shelter during the cold winter themselves.