The Greek island of Lesvos was the scene of clashes between the police and migrants on Saturday who demonstrated to demand shelter after the fires that destroyed the Moria camp.
The police fired tear gas against asylum seekers who threw stones at them.
Hundreds of asylum seekers have expressed their anger after spending four nights sleeping on the streets as resettlement efforts are delayed.
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Demonstration of migrants in Lesbos on Saturday.
ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP
More than 11,000 people, including thousands of children, have been homeless for four days.
The island's authorities, who refuse to rebuild the camp, want to transfer the migrants to hundreds of tents that they began to urgently install on Friday in an enclosure near the port.
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Families will have priority, with tents planned for six people.
The relocation process begins today,
”Immigration Ministry spokesman Alexandros Ragavas told AFP on Saturday.
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Families will be a priority,
" assured the spokesperson of the Ministry of Immigration Alexandros Ragavas.
LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP
The squalid and overcrowded Noria camp was destroyed Tuesday and Wednesday by fires.
Built in 2013 and initially planned to accommodate less than 2,800 people, the camp housed some 12,700 asylum seekers, four times its capacity, including 4,000 children.
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