In the second week of January 2021, temperatures dropped to below 0 degrees as snow, rain and hail fell across the Aegean Islands. On Monday 19th January, the weather on Samos looks like this. In Samos, just 800 of some 3,500 asylum seekers are currently accommodated inside the official Reception and Identification Centre (RIC) facility. For the rest, there is a complete lack of adequate shelter and services: around 2,700 people currently live in tents and makeshift shelters