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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Migrants gather on the road near the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece. Image Credit: AP
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    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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    Migrants sleep on the ground as they spend the night on a road near Mytilene. Image Credit: AFP
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    Migrants sit outside a super market on the side of a road in Lesbos. Image Credit: AFP
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    Migrants sit outside a super market on the side of a road in Lesbos.. Image Credit: AFP
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    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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