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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Thousands flee Greek migrant camp fire as tensions flare

[Refugees and migrants stand at the closed gate of the Moria migrant camp, after a fire at the facility, on the island of Lesbos]Thousands of people fled a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday night after fire ripped through tents and destroyed containers during violence among residents, police said. A police official on Lesbos said nearly 60 percent of the Moria camp was destroyed in the fire. Tensions have boiled over at overcrowded camps on Greece's islands as the slow processing of asylum requests adds to frustration over difficult living conditions there.


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