“Between 3,000 and 4000 migrants have fled the camp of Moria,” a police source said, attributing the exodus to fires that rapidly swept through the facility because of high winds. Approximately 150 unaccompanied children, controversially housed at the camp, had been evacuated to a childrens’ village, the police source added. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Migrants flee from the camp of Moria on Lesbos island, Greece. Conditions in Moria and an estimated 50 detention centres elsewhere in Greece have been criticised by human rights groups as deplorable and depraved. Brawls between rival ethnic groups at the camp has exacerbated tensions with fights regularly erupting between Afghan and Syrian detainees.

Source: The Guardian September 19, 2016 19:50 UTC