Greek government moves thousands of migrants and refugees to new Lesbos camp

An effort is underway to relocate the approximately 12,000 migrants and refugees who have been camping on the streets of Lesbos into a new camp. The camp they previously were held in, called Moria, was destroyed last week in a massive fire. Journalists are not allowed access to the new site, but The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou made it and has this exclusive story.

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