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Police Fire Tear Gas At Refugees Protesting To Leave Greek Island

Refugees from the Moria camp protest near Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday, a few days after a fire destroyed the refugee camp. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Police Fire Tear Gas At Refugees Protesting To Leave Greek Island

September 12, 2020 • More than 12,000 refugees were displaced this week after multiple fires destroyed a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Authorities are constructing a new camp nearby.

Fires Leave Thousands Of Asylum-Seekers On Greek Island Homeless

A massive fire this week ravaged a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, leaving more than 12,000 asylum-seekers homeless. Milos Bicanski/Getty Images hide caption

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Milos Bicanski/Getty Images

Europe

Fires Leave Thousands Of Asylum-Seekers On Greek Island Homeless

September 10, 2020 • Europe's largest refugee camp, on the Greek island of Lesbos, was built to hold 3,000 people. When fires struck this week, the settlement of 12,000 was largely destroyed.

Fires Leave Thousands Of Asylum-Seekers On Greek Island Homeless

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Wildfire Breaks Out Near Camp In Greece, Home To Thousands Of Refugees

A wildfire raged near the Moria refugee camp, pictured here, on Greece's Lesbos Island. The camp is home to an estimated 9,000 migrants and refugees. ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Wildfire Breaks Out Near Camp In Greece, Home To Thousands Of Refugees

September 23, 2018 • A plume of smoke was visible not far from the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The number of migrants and refugees arriving in Greece by sea has soared this year.