Afghan youths jailed over Greek migrant camp fire

rbksa — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:13:47 +0000

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Wed, 2021-03-10 10:01

LESBOS ISLAND, Greece: A Greek court has jailed two Afghan youths for five years for starting a fire that burnt down Europe’s largest migrant camp last year on the island of Lesbos, lawyers said on Wednesday.
The Lesbos court handed down the sentences late on Tuesday after a six-hour session, the local bar association told AFP.
Two consecutive fires in September destroyed the Moria camp on Lesbos, where migrants had been held in squalid conditions for years.

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Greece to deport 10,000 refugees to Turkey in wake of fatal camp blaze

rbksa — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 17:16:57 +0000

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MENEKSE TOKYAY

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Zaynab Khojji

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Wed, 2019-10-02 19:51

ANKARA: Greece has decided to deport 10,000 refugees to Turkey by the end of next year in the wake of a deadly fire at an overcrowded camp on the island of Lesbos.
Following criticisms after Sunday’s blaze, which left one woman dead and 17 people injured two of them children, the Greek Cabinet held a four-hour emergency meeting when the decision was made.

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