The number of stranded asylum seekers coming from the Turkish shores to the northeast Aegean islands has exceeded 10,000 for the first time ever, according to Express.

Of those, more than 1,170 arrived by boat in the two weeks after the attempt to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 15.

Registration centres across the Greek islands only have room to house 7,450 people, with authorities struggling to cope with the rapid increase of arrivals since the coup.

Source: MENA