Migrants tear-gassed found in Greek camp protest
Law enforcement on the Greek island of Lesbos fired tear gas in protesting migrants who have were still left homeless when their camp burned down on Wednesday.
Around 13,000 migrants and refugees have been living in squalor found in the overcrowded Moria camp, and so are desperate to leave the island.
The clashes broke out near a non permanent camp built by Greek authorities.
A fire was place there early in the day, near a police blockade, and had to be extinguished by firefighters.
A fresh camp, Kara Tepe, has been set up.
Police said about 200 persons had checked in in the new camp, even though dozens - mostly families - queued outside, looking forward to hygiene and safe practices checks.
Families have been sleeping found in fields and on roads after fleeing the blaze on Wednesday.
The Moria camp was primarily made to house 3,000 migrants. People from 70 countries had been sheltered there, just about all from Afghanistan.
On Friday, migrants and refugees approached law enforcement barriers blocking the street away of Moria camp, holding indications calling for "freedom" and opposing the development of a new camp.
There is also strong level of resistance from the island's long lasting residents for a fresh camp, and they have been blocking roads to avoid aid deliveries.
The question of how exactly to cope with the mass arrivals of migrants, mainly to Italy and Greece, has divided the EU for years.
Italy and Greece have accused wealthier northern countries of failing to do extra, while numerous central and eastern nations are openly resistant to the idea of taking in a quota of migrants.
What is appearing done for the migrants?
The new camp will commence hosting some of these kept without shelter from Saturday, Greece's Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said.
On Friday, Germany announced that 10 European countries had agreed to take 400 unaccompanied minors who was simply living in Moria.
The fire at Moria was "a sharp reminder to all or any folks for what we must change in Europe", Germany's Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said.
But several charities and NGOs have created to the German federal government saying more should be done for all of the migrants, not merely those minors.
"The shameful problem in the camp and the fire disaster will be the direct consequence of a failed European refugee insurance plan - now the EU must finally help the people affected," the wide open letter reads.
What do we know about the fire?
Fires broke out found in more than three spots overnight on Tuesday, according to hometown fire chief Konstantinos Theofilopoulos. Further fires remaining the camp nearly completely destroyed.
The fires started time after reports that 35 persons had tested confident for Covid-19 at the camp. Authorities located the center under quarantine the other day after a Somali migrant was verified to have contracted coronavirus.
Eight of the 35 who tested great for Covid-19 are actually since believed to have already been found and isolated.
Mr Mitarachi said the fires "began with the asylum seekers because of the quarantine imposed". Some of those infected with the virus possessed reportedly refused to go into isolation with their own families.
He did not say, however, that the fires were a deliberate action of arson aimed at destroying the camp.
Meanwhile, lots of migrants told BBC Persian that the fire had broken out after scuffles between migrants and Greek forces in the camp.
