More than 2,700 of those cases were on the dangerous central Mediterranean route between North Africa and Italy. But isolated cases of human smuggling continue along that path for those migrants still trying to move from Greece into Western Europe. The West Balkans migration route — which was formerly used by thousands of migrants daily to move from Serbia into Slovenia and then Austria — has been formally closed since early this year. Vitsas also announced plans to alleviate congested conditions at island camps, which have housed all new arrivals since a European Union-Turkey deal in March. Vitsas said refugees who have completed the first stage of their asylum application can move to the mainland.

Source: ABC News August 09, 2016 12:16 UTC