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THREAD: Leaked confidential doc of an "international organisation" in Kathimerini newspaper today nails Greek Migration Minister alleging serious "indications for mismanagement or financial irregularities and over-pricing of projects". Also talks about bad policy planning that...
leads to loss of available EU funds. It points out the construction of the new camp in Malakasa for which no tender took place. The project was facilitated through a direct award of 4,5 million to a single company. You can read more about this here: https://balkaninsight.com/2020/04/28/greek-govt-accused-of-dodging-democratic-oversight/
As a result the average cost per beneficiary in this camp is estimated up to 3,900 euro "while the average cost is 270 euro per beneficiary". The Ministry has also awarded a contract of 350,000 euro to a security contractor for the same camp for the period of a few months.
Migration Minister Mitarakis has been hammered last month for pursuing and legislating a black fund to be managed directly by him for national security purposes. Expenses from this fund up to 25,000 euro wont even be submitted for parliamentary scrutiny. https://balkaninsight.com/2020/05/13/transparency-concerns-in-greece-over-migration-ministry-black-fund/
The leaked doc also suggests the Ministry's strategy for managing population and influx in many occasions "is not realistic and can not be implemented". It also talks about "a false picture that everything about migration-refugee issues are evolving well and are streamlined".
Timing of leak also interesting since the last few days Mitarakis has been at odds with counterparts, including the mayor of Athen, both from the same ruling party, about a plan to evacuate 10k recognized refugees from camps+apartments, transferring pressure on local authorities
