日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Europe

Greece arrests six over migrant-camp fire

By EARLE GALE in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2020-09-17 09:40
Share
Share - WeChat
Refugees and migrants carrying their belongings flee a fire burning at the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, Sept 9, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

Police have arrested six people in connection with a fire that tore through the Moria refugee camp in Greece on Sept 8, threatening the lives of the 12,500 migrants from 70 nations who lived there.

The BBC quoted Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisohoidis as saying all six were young migrants. The Associated Press news agency added that two were 17 and all were from Afghanistan.

The authorities said from the start that the fire on the island of Lesbos in Greece's largest camp was deliberately set. Konstantinos Theofilopoulos, the local fire chief, told media at least three blazes began simultaneously and others flared subsequently.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who met with European Union Council President Charles Michel in Athens on Tuesday to talk about the migrant situation, called on other European nations to help house migrants who have been flooding into his country.

The BBC said he said now is the "time for Europe's support to pass from words into actions, to be expressed in tangible solidarity".

The Associated Press news agency said on Wednesday that the Greek government wants to run its camps in partnership with the EU, so the bloc can better understand the situation.

Michel, who flew on to Lesbos after the meeting, said the 27-nation bloc must "take more responsibilities".

"We want to support the eff orts made by the Greek authorities," Agence France-Presse quoted him as saying.

But, so far, only Germany has committed to accept some of those made homeless by the fire. It will take 1,553 people who have been confirmed to be refugees seeking asylum, rather than economic migrants.

Agence France-Presse said Berlin wants the EU to look once more at its response to the migrant crisis.

According to participants of a meeting on Tuesday of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's parliamentary group, she said Europe's poor response was "not a sign of Europe's values and capacity for action".

But poorer European nations, including the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, have refused to accept migrants.

The EU's executive commission is expected to present new proposals on the bloc's response as early as next week.

As of Wednesday, around 1,000 former residents of the Moria camp had been rehoused in a new camp nearby called Kara Tepe, which was built with the help of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on a former military firing range.

Greece's migration minister, Notis Mitarakis, told the daily newspaper Ekathimerini that it will eventually be able to accommodate all of those made homeless by the fire. In the meantime, many are sleeping rough.

The Greek government believes the fire was set after the authorities tried to get people who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus to go into isolation.

In the meantime, migrants continue to flood into Greece, which they see as a gateway into Europe.

On Monday, the Greek coastguard saved 56 people after a boat capsized off the island of Crete in an incident that claimed the lives of a woman and two children.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 99久久精品国产导航 | 日本黄a三级三级三级 | 久久99精品国产麻豆婷婷 | 9久久9久久精品 | 一级黄a | 日本高清www午色夜黄 | 小明成人免费视频 | 天天操你 | 日韩在线中文字幕 | 久草在线新免久费观看视频 | 亚洲欧美v国产一区二区 | 日韩欧美一区二区视频 | 美国黄色毛片女人性生活片 | 国产精品久久av | www.欧美com | 添人人躁日日躁夜夜躁夜夜揉 | 日韩福利视频导航 | 一级黄色欧美 | 片在线观看免费观看视频 | 欧美在线视频一区二区 | 亚洲精品第一综合99久久 | 国产极品久久 | 6月婷婷| 午夜色视频在线观看 | 欧美第一色 | 国产精品第一区 | 精品国产乱码久久久久久1区2区 | 成熟人妻AV无码专区A片 | 九九热久久免费视频 | 懂色中文一区二区三区在线视频 | 欧美精品在线观看 | 欧美一级二级视频 | 91se在线看片国产免费观看 | 国产aⅴ一区二区三区 | 一区二区三区国产精品 | 草久久免费视频 | 亚洲精品麻豆 | 精品免费av | 国产高清一区二区 | 国产成人啪精品视频免费网站软件 | 欧美zzzz|