AdvertisementDesperate migrants were seen fighting over bottles of water being handed out by volunteers on the Greek island of Lesbos today, amid clashes between protesters and riot police. The camp housed 12,000 people in a space designed for only 2,800, and local volunteer groups have faced difficulty in supplying asylum seekers with food and water. Round-the-clock efforts to find temporary shelter for over 11,000 people made homeless by the destruction of the Moria camp were still inadequate, rights groups said. Since becoming one of the main gateways into Europe for migrants and asylum seekers in 2015, Greece has built dozens of detention centres around the country. 'Some EU members have voiced agreement to relocate limited numbers of asylum seekers from Lesbos, but the EU response is hardly adequate or united'.

Source: Daily Mail September 12, 2020 12:34 UTC