Multiple fires destroyed the tents of over 12,000 people in Europe's largest refugee camp — built to hold no more than 3,000. One man fled Syria to escape catastrophes like this. 'We saw the bombs. We saw the blood,' he says. 'I don't want to die here.'
"We saw a lot of things in our country. We saw the bombs. We saw the blood," he says."I don't want to die here."Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a televised address on Wednesday that he understands conditions in the camp were bad. But he implied refugees started the fire because they were angry about the COVID-19 lockdown.
European Union leaders said they feel terrible about the fires and are sending aid to Greece. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson has promised funds for the relocation to Athens and housing of some 400 unaccompanied minors at Moria.told German broadcaster ZDF "I grew up in Kabul, and I have seen bad things," he says."I have never seen anything as bad as Moria camp."
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