Police on Greek island moving migrants to new camp following fire

Migrants sleep outside their tents as they remained camped out on a road leading from Moria to the capital of Mytilene, on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

A Greek police operation is under way on the island of Lesbos to move thousands of migrants and refugees left homeless after a fire destroyed their overcrowded camp into a new facility on the island.

Police said Thursday morning’s operation included 70 female police officers who were approaching asylum-seekers with the aim of persuading them to move to the new camp in the island’s Kara Tepe area.