A pregnant Afghan woman who was severely injured when she set herself on fire in a refugee camp on Lesbos has been formally charged with arson and destruction of public property after giving testimony to a prosecutor from her hospital bed. Other camp residents rushed to extinguish the flames alongside police who guard the installation, local media outlets reported. Lesbos, like other north-eastern Aegean isles, has been lashed by snowstorms and heavy rainfall in recent weeks. Temperatures have been such that some locals have offered to host residents of the camp in their homes. Germany has agreed to take in 1,000 refugees, flying them out of the island on chartered flights over the coming weeks.

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2021 05:00 UTC