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Police Fire Tear Gas At Refugees Protesting To Leave Greek Island

7:36pm September 12, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

More than 12,000 refugees were displaced this week after multiple fires destroyed a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Authorities are constructing a new camp nearby.

A massive fire this week ravaged a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, leaving more than 12,000 asylum-seekers homeless.

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Fires Leave Thousands Of Asylum-Seekers On Greek Island Homeless

5:23pm September 10, 2020

by Joanna Kakissis

Europe's largest refugee camp, on the Greek island of Lesbos, was built to hold 3,000 people. When fires struck this week, the settlement of 12,000 was largely destroyed.

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A wildfire raged near the Moria refugee camp, pictured here, on Greece's Lesbos Island. The camp is home to an estimated 9,000 migrants and refugees.

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Wildfire Breaks Out Near Camp In Greece, Home To Thousands Of Refugees

4:31pm September 23, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

A plume of smoke was visible not far from the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The number of migrants and refugees arriving in Greece by sea has soared this year.