Over 450 migrants from Lesvos, Chios arrive at Piraeus port

The ferry boat "Nisos Samos" arrived at the port of Piraeus on Monday, bringing 453 asylum-seekers from Moria, Mytilene, and 13 from the island of Chios.

These are people included in the so-called vulnerable categories who have applied for asylum.

They will next be transferred to a facility in Vagiohori, near Lake Volvi in central Macedonia.

Another 71 migrants will be transferred from Leros and Kos on the ferry "Blue Star 2". The migrants will be tranferred in facilities in the Attica region and Corinth.

According to sources, another 400 migrants will depart from Symi on a Hellenic Navy boat bound for the port of Piraeus.