Dead refugees on Samos pile up because there’s nowhere to put the bodies (disturbing pics)

The bodies are in limbo land, stuck in a hospital, waiting to be buried

18Disturbing images of refugee  bodies piled up in a Greek island morgue at the Greek hospital  of Samos – stuck there – because there is simply nowhere else to put them and doctors are simply understaffed, and unable to handle the volume of work required to bury the dead. The problem is expected to get worse over winter as more people drown while trying to make their perilous journey.

Gruesome: Bodies of refugees and migrants piled up at the main hospital of the Greek island of Samos. The island has no trained coroners and doctors are unable to cope with the scale of work at the hospital

Unable to cope: Dozens of migrants and refugee continue to cross the Aegean every day, and increasing numbers are dying while attempting the perilous crossing as the winter weather gets worse

Growing problem: Migrants and refugees disembark from a small boat after crossing from the Turkish coast on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos today