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Samos fire partially controlled: first arrests
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The fire broke out near the Vathy registration field (file image)
Source: dpa / Michael Svarnias
On Tuesday night a fire broke out on the Greek island of Samos, near a refugee camp. But the camp is not in danger. Several men were arrested on suspicion of arson.
AA fire broke out on the Greek island of Samos near the refugee camp there on Tuesday night. “There is a fire on the edge of the registration center,” said Vathy Mayor Giorgos Stantzos.
The fire brigade managed to get the fire under control on Tuesday, as reported by the island’s online portal “Samos Today”. The camp is not in danger, Stantzos told Thema 104.6 radio station. He had previously expressed concern and feared that the migrants’ shops could also catch fire.
The media also reported the first arrests: the police had arrested several men on suspicion of arson. It was not clear at first who the men were and what motives they were pursuing.
According to the Greek Ministry of Migration, around 4,600 migrants live in the Vathy refugee camp in Samos. However, the camp only has space for about 650 people. Two people tested positive for the corona virus at the camp on Tuesday.
Fire broke out over the camp Tuesday night and the wind blew it away from the camp and carried it up the mountain. Fortunately, the surrounding fields did not provide much food for the llamas, they said.
Just a few days ago, the Moria refugee camp on the nearby island of Lesbos was almost completely destroyed in a major fire. Around 12,000 migrants were left homeless. According to the Greek government, the immigrants started the fires there to force them to leave the camp and the island.
Since then, Greek politicians have warned against the “Moria tactic”, according to which fires could also start in other refugee camps on the islands of Samos, Chios, Leros and Kos, especially if the people of Lesbos are now taken away. to the continent or to the center and north of Europe. would do. In view of the burning camp, the migrants in Lesbos are demanding that they be allowed to leave the island immediately. However, most of them have yet to complete their asylum applications. The Greek government insists that migrants must go through the normal asylum process.
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