The Greek island of Lesbos has been a transit point for hundreds of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers. Moria refugee camp is a former detention centre with capacity for less than 3,000 people. Caoimhe Butterly meets some of the families caught up in the chaos and despair.

If Saddam Hussein is condemned to death when the verdict in his first trial is handed down on Sunday, it would “open the gates of hell” to US forces in Iraq, a lawyer for the deposed president said today.