Greek police have begun moving hundreds of migrants stranded on the island of Lesbos, more than a week after a fire razed the camp where they were staying
facility a week ago left over 12,000 people - most of them refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and various African countries - without shelter, proper sanitation or access to food and water.Authorities said the blaze was started by migrants and nobody was injured.Children sit in a tent on a road near the new temporary camp near Kara Tepe.
Officials have said that some of the migrants are reluctant to move to the new camp as they hope to leave the island.Only 1,200 had been relocated early on Wednesday, but late in the evening large groups of migrants carrying their belongings started streaming in. Government ministers said authorities would continue"for some more days in good faith and communication" to convince the migrants to enter the new camp, saying their transfer would be completed within a few days.
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