Greece struggles to bring migrants into temporary camp after fire


  • World
  • Wednesday, 16 Sep 2020

Refugees and migrants from the destroyed Moria camp cook over a fire, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

LESBOS (Reuters) - Greek authorities were struggling on Wednesday to move thousands of migrants made homeless by a blaze at an overcrowded camp into new tents, while fears grew over a coronavirus outbreak on the island of Lesbos.

More than 12,000 people, mostly refugees from Afghanistan, Africa and Syria, were left without shelter, proper sanitation or access to food and water by the fire that tore a week ago through Moria, Greece's biggest migrant camp.

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