Wednesday night’s fires broke out inside the parts of Moria camp that had not burned in the first blaze, sending people streaming from the camp with their belongings, according to an Associated Press photographer in the area. “The combination of migration and the pandemic in these conditions is creating an exceptionally demanding situation,” Alternate Migration Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos said. Civil protection authorities declared a four-month state of emergency for public health reasons on Lesbos. Those left homeless will be housed temporarily in tents flown to the island, and aboard a ferry and two navy ships. About 400 unaccompanied children and teenagers living in the camp were being flown to other facilities in northern Greece.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 09, 2020 22:51 UTC