Pregnant Afghan woman who set herself on fire in Lesbos refugee camp is charged with arson The 26-year-old suffered burns to her hands, feet and head after fire on Sunday Mother-of-three provided testimony to a prosecutor from her bed in hospital She was told she couldn’t go Germany due to being in late stage of … Read more
Hundreds of refugees are being transferred from the Greek island of Lesbos tonight in a bid to reduce chronic overcrowding that caused hardship and fanned tensions with locals. Over 700 people are set to sail to the Greek mainland aboard a ferry on Monday organisers said while another group will leave on Thursday. Some 2,500 refugees and asylum … Read more
Greece has accused migrants of deliberately burning their overcrowded camp in Lesbos last week where hundreds were forced to relocate to. Families, children, young men and pregnant women have been left wandering aimlessly since a blaze ripped through the Moria camp on the night of September 8, forcing its 12,000 occupants to sleep rough in … Read more
Some of the migrants who have been forced to relocate to new accommodation on the Greek island of Lesbos are refusing to move, after a fire destroyed their overcrowded refugee camp. Greece has resettled hundreds of migrants in a temporary new tent facility and hopes to have moved all of them this week, government officials … Read more
Thousands of migrants left homeless on the Greek island of Lesbos after fires destroyed the overcrowded Moria camp protested against a new refugee camp being built on the island today. Clapping and chanting songs, the protesters demanding to leave the island were boisterous but peaceful on the road leading to the island’s main town. Some held … Read more
Greek locals have set up roadblocks to stop a new migrant camp being built on the island of Lesbos after the country’s largest shelter burned down on Tuesday. Trucks were blocking access to the smouldering ruins of the Moria camp on Thursday to prevent a clean-up operation that would make way for new tents. ‘Now … Read more
Thousands of migrants slept rough on the Greek island of Lesbos last night after a blaze razed their makeshift camp to the ground, sending them fleeing but with nowhere to go. Families slept on roadsides and in supermarket parking lots and fields across the island, which was borne the brunt of the European migrant crisis … Read more