Greece steps up migrant transfers after Lesbos clashes

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Greece will keep moving asylum seekers from overcrowded camps on its islands to the mainland, government officials said on Monday, after a woman ...

LESBOS: Greece will keep moving asylum seekers from overcrowded camps on its islands to the mainland, government officials said on Monday , after a woman died following clashes and a fire at a refugee camp on the island of Lesbos.began at the Moria refugee camp on Sunday after a fire broke out inside a shipping container, one of the means Greek authorities use to house refugees. At least 17 people were hurt.

Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Lefteris Economou told reporters that 250 people would be transferred from Moria to the mainland by the end of Monday. A woman and a child make their way at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants next to the Moria camp, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo

 

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