Thousands Homeless After Fire Guts Migrant Camp on Greek Island

Thousands Homeless After Fire Guts Migrant Camp on Greek Island
A migrant carries her belongings following a fire at the Moria camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece, Sept. 9, 2020. Elias Marcou/Reuters
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LESBOS, Greece—Thousands of migrants were left without shelter on Sept. 9 after overnight fires gutted their overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, and authorities warned that some asylum seekers who tested positive for COVID-19 could spread the virus.

The Moria camp, which hosts more than 12,000 people, was “probably totally destroyed,” one Greek migration official said.