Thousands spend third night in the open after Greek migrant camp fire

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Thousands spend third night in the open after Greek migrant camp fire

Local authorities resist plans to temporarily set up campsites for the desperate families

Published: September 11, 2020 09:13 AFP and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 616322-01-02-1599800574074 — Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos languished on roadsides, homeless and hungry after the country's largest camp burned down, with local officials stonewalling government efforts to create new temporary shelters. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-09-10T080241Z_545201768_RC2KVI9HQG8Y_RTRMADP_3_EUROPE-MIGRANTS-GREECE-LESBOS-1599800539232 — Desperate families, many with young children were living rough, homeless and hungry, many without tents or even basic bedding. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 613044-01-02-1599800543280 — Children wake up after spending the night on the road near Mytilene after a fire destroyed Greece's largest Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 613027-01-02-1599800547300 — Greek authorities on September 10 were racing to shelter thousands of asylum seekers left homeless on Lesbos after the island's main migrant camp was gutted by back-to-back fires, which destroyed the official part of the camp housing 4,000 people. Another 8,000 lived in tents and makeshift shacks around the perimeter and many were badly damaged. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Greece_Migrant_Camp_Blaze_21972.jpg-db17f-1599800555900 — Migrants gather on the road near the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 613228-01-02-1599800559172 — Migrants sleep on the ground as they spend the night on a road near Mytilene after a fire destroyed Greece's largest Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 613227-01-02-1599800562320 — Migrants sleep on the ground as they spend the night on a road near Mytilene. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 616794-01-02-1599800565274 — Migrants sit outside a super market on the side of a road in Lesbos. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 616793-01-02-1599800568472 — Migrants sit outside a super market on the side of a road in Lesbos.. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-09-10T114154Z_894299652_RC2KVI9AL2JH_RTRMADP_3_EUROPE-MIGRANTS-GREECE-LESBOS-1599800549897 — A couple sits covered with a blanket as refugees and migrants camp on a road following a fire at the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece. Image Credit: Reuters

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