The court of Rome has been adamant in its verdict. Some of the daily situations that are taking place in the refugee camp in Samos, Greece, can constitute crimes against humanity.
The event will cause controversy, because obviously Italy has no jurisdiction over the camp in question. Precisely for this reason, the lawsuit filed by the Italian administrator of an NGO operating in Greece was formally suspended, but not without a trial on the evidence presented in several files filled with photographs, footage and evidence taken over the months.
The situation of refugees gathered in the Samos camp in Greece is dramatic.
Opened in 2016, the camp on the Greek island holds over 6,000 refugees in very difficult conditions.
Numerous reported cases indicate juveniles who often sleep in the open air at night.
All this material has already been transferred to the Greek judiciary, which has so far maintained an indifferent approach, but also to the European Court, which has jurisdiction over EU member states.
According to the evidence presented, the situation of the refugees gathered in the Greek camp is dramatic, especially that of children. Numerous reported cases show children who often sleep in the open air at night, while during the day they simply survive in a degraded environment, where they eat expired food and wash their own clothes, because most are not accompanied by relatives.
"It must be assessed whether there are conditions, given the recurrence of these events, to charge the case with the charge of crimes against humanity, according to what is provided in Article 7 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court."