Police fire teargas as migrants demand to leave Greek island after fire


Refugees and migrants from the destroyed camp of Moria flee tear gas fired by riot police during clashes, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) - Angry migrants left homeless by a blaze at Europe's largest refugee centre demanded to leave the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday as authorities opened up new tent shelters and European leaders faced growing calls to take in more of the displaced.

More than 12,000 people, most from Africa and Afghanistan, have been sleeping rough since flames swept through the notoriously squalid and overcrowded Moria camp earlier this week. Some residents had COVID-19, raising fears the outbreak could spread.

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