Last night, fire ripped through #Moria refugee camp on Lesvos
The camp was home to more than 12,000 people including 4,000+ children
No casualties so far reported
This is not the first such fire👇but it’s by far the biggest
(Video @f_grillmeier)
One thing that struck me about #Moria when I was last there, was the hope amid the squalor, the flowerbeds beside the razor-wire fencing
People there faced a crisis from every angle: medical, humanitarian & human rights.
But I also witnessed a huge amount of compassion & hope.
A week after fire in #Moria, thousands are still on the street
A decade since the start of the Syria crisis, Western politicians still cling to the belief any humanity will be a “pull factor” & try to make lives of asylum seekers as miserable as possible.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
“I walked through burned rats in the rancid pile of mess that Europe made.”
@nytimes journalist, @MatinaStevis has been to the charred remains of #Moria refugee camp on #Lesvos & spoken to some of the 10,000 people currently sleeping on the roadside.
https://t.co/Cw1i9qELwz
A notebook found in the burnt out remains of #Moria
A woman drags her belongings to the streets where she & her family now live (pics @katymfallon)
Afghan child on the beach @DanielEtterFoto
This is a time for compassion & humanity, not political point scoring & grandstanding.
Germany has announced they will take around 1,500 refugees from Greece
@g_christides reports only 800 people have registered in the new temporary camp. Minister @nmitarakis said if ppl from #Moria don't go to the new camp willingly “the police will be forced to get everyone in.”
The Greek govt has now promised to get the 13,000 former #Moria residents off #Lesbos by Easter
This is great news & something @amnesty has been campaigning for for years
The only trouble is, between now & Easter, there is something called “winter”.
theguardian.com/world/2020/sep…
Police have begun moving hundreds of people into a new temporary tent camp in Lesvos more than a week after a fire razed Greece’s biggest refugee camp, #Moria, to the ground.
Many people don’t want to go to the new camp.
They want to get off the island.
theguardian.com/world/2020/sep…
With the ashes of #Moria refugee camp still warm, the Greek govt must take immediate action to provide humanitarian relief & move refugees & asylum seekers to safety.
Take action now & send a message to @PrimeministerGR here 👉amn.st/6012GQAFe
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