Skaramangas Refugee Camp

is located near the port town of Skaramangas – also spelled ‘Skaramagkas’, ‘Skaramankas’ or ‘Skaramagas’ – west of Athens and just north of the port of Pireas. The camp is on land owned by the Greek Navy and is administered by the Navy. In the spring of 2016 Skaramangas grew quickly to house a population of about 5000 persons, most of whom were transferred from the infamous tent city on the Pireas docks, where thousands of people lived in the open for months, with almost no services or hygenic facilities. By the time of our visit in June, 2017, many had left and the camp’s population was probably under 2000 persons.