Thousands of migrants remained stranded on Lesbos island for a third day on streets near Greece’s largest migrant camp, after fires burned the facility the ground
LESBOS, Greece - Thousands of migrants remained stranded without shelter on the island of Lesbos for a third day on Friday, sleeping on streets or in fields near Greece’s largest refugee camp after a devastating fire burned the facility to the ground.The Moria camp, long notorious for poor living conditions, had hosted more than 12,000 migrants, four times its stated capacity. Wednesday’s fire turned the sprawling site into a mass of smouldering metal and melted tents.
“It is a tragic opportunity for migrants to leave ... Moria is a monstrosity,” Dimitris Koursoubas, a senior official responsible for migration in the northern Aegean islands, told Reuters. “We want all the migrants out, for national reasons. Moria is over.” Some European Union countries have offered to take in the refugees, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said late on Thursday, without elaborating. Cities and regional governments in Germany have also offered to take in people, but this can only happen if the federal government in Berlin allows them.
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