Thousands sleep in open after Greek refugee camp burns down

Thousands sleep in open after Greek refugee camp burns down
A migrant pulls two children inside a crate on the northeastern island of Lesbos (AP)

Thousands of refugees and migrants have spent a third night in the open on the Greek island of Lesbos after two successive nights of fires in the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp left them homeless.

Some awoke after sleeping by the side of the road, having cut down reeds and used salvaged blankets to make rudimentary shelters to protect them from the night-time chill and the scorching day-time sun.

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