1,000s flee fire at migrant camp on virus lockdown in Greece

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Thousands of migrants flee a camp under COVID-19 lockdown after multiple fires gut much of the site on the Greek island of Lesbos, authorities say.

Refugees and migrants run as fire burns in the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Fire Service officials say a large refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has been partially evacuated despite a COVID-19 lockdown after fires broke out at multiple points around the site early Wednesday.

Some 12,500 people were living at the Moria camp and the surrounding area, where additional restrictions have been imposed over the past week after a Somali resident tested positive for the coronavirus.“The fire spread inside and outside of the camp and has destroyed it ... There are more than 12,000 migrants being guarded by police on a highway,” Stratos Kytelis, mayor of the island’s main town, Mylinene, told private Skai radio.

Health authorities on Tuesday said 35 people had been confirmed infected with the virus so far after a major testing drive was ordered at the overcrowded facility. They were being kept in isolation at a separate site that was not affected by the fire, officials said.

 

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Hot Lesbian action....and i'm going to hell.

Oh no!! Where will all the lesbos go?

Hope all the islanders made it to safety. 🙏

What’s the name of the island again?

JESUS IS COMING. REPENT. TIME IS OVER. BELIEVE THE GOSPEL. RETURN TO JESUS.

Why do these migrants go to EU or US or England or Australia or NZ? Why not Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Malaysia?

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