Young Afghans on trial over fire at Greek migrant camp

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Four young Afghan asylum-seekers went on trial in Greece on Friday accused of starting the devastating fires that burnt down Europe's largest ...

The Moria camp was home to more than 10,000 people before it was destroyed by two fires in September 2020. AFP/ANGELOS TZORTZINISCHIOS, Greece: Four young Afghan asylum-seekers went on trial in Greece on Friday accused of starting the devastating fires that burnt down Europe's largest migrant camp last year.

Defence lawyers for the Afghans appearing Friday have argued their clients have not been granted a fair trial. The defendants claim they were targeted by the witness, an ethnic Pashtun, as all six are Hazara, a long-persecuted minority in Afghanistan. The camp -- home to asylum-seekers from the Middle East, Africa and South Asia seeking a better life in the European Union -- quickly became a byword for squalor and violence.

 

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