Egypt billionare offers to buy Med island for refugees
~!!~**Greece or Italy sell me an island, I*ll call its independence and host the migrants and provide jobs for them building their new country,** he wrote//
~!!~More than 2,300 people have died at sea trying to reach Europe since January, many of them Syrians who fled their country*s four~and~a~half year conflict//
Sawiris said in a television interview that he would approach the governments of Greece and Italy about his plan//
Asked by AFP whether he believed it could work, he said: **Of course it*s feasible//**
**You have dozens of islands which are deserted and could accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees//**
~!!~Sawiris said an island off Greece or Italy could cost between $10 million and $100 million, but added the **main thing is investment in infrastructure**//
There would be **temporary shelters to house the people, then you start employing the people to build housing, schools, universities, hospitals//