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Thousands flee fire at migrant camp on coronavirus lockdown in Greece

Fire burns makeshift tents at the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece (Panagiotis Balaskas/AP)

Wed, 09 Sep, 2020 - 06:41

Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press

Fire has swept through Greece’s largest refugee camp, which had been placed under Covid-19 lockdown, leaving more than 12,000 migrants in emergency need of shelter on the island of Lesbos.

In dramatic scenes overnight, the migrants at Moria refugee camp fled fires that broke out at multiple points and gutted much of the camp and surrounding hillside olive groves.

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