Police used tear gas against asylum seekers who were protesting after spending four days in the open, after the Moria migrant camp, the largest in Europe, was devastated by several fires.
Tension increased this Saturday on the Greek island of Lesbos, where the police used tear gas against asylum seekers who they protested after spending four days in the open, after the Moria migrant camp, where they were living overcrowded, was devastated by several fires.
Thousands of migrants, including minors and mothers with very young children, have been sleeping in the open since Wednesday and efforts inside and outside Greece to find temporary shelter for the more than 11,000 people have yet to bear fruit, human rights organizations said. .
This Saturday, there were clashes between riot police and migrants near the place where Greek authorities are preparing tents to welcome the most vulnerable migrants as soon as possible.
The police responded with tear gas to the stones thrown by the migrants, most of them very young.
Some migrants had to be taken to hospital due to respiratory problems after inhaling tear gas, according to witnesses.
“While thousands of people sleep in the hills around Moria or on the streets, tensions between local residents, asylum seekers and the police are increasing,” the NGO Human Rights Watch lamented in a statement on Saturday.
