Lesbos Migrants Burned Their Own Moria Camp Down Because They Were Mad About Coronavirus Measures

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Lesbos Migrants Burned Their Own Moria Camp Down Because They Were Mad About Coronavirus Measures

September 18th, 2020

Awake Goy

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Greek police have detained six migrants over a fire that razed the Moria refugee camp to the ground, the government said on Tuesday, as thousands of displaced people refused to move to a new facility and demanded to leave Lesbos island.

More than 12,000 people, mostly refugees from Afghanistan, Africa and Syria, were left without shelter, proper sanitation or access to food and water after a fire tore through the overcrowded Moria migrant camp last Wednesday.

Greek authorities believe the fire was deliberately lit by camp occupants after quarantine measures were imposed following the discovery of COVID cases on the site, but the incident has put the migrant issue firmly back on the European agenda.