At least 10 people were injured during violent clashes between refugees late Tuesday at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos.
According to reports, the clashes erupted between Arab, Afghan and Iraqi refugees.
Some of the refugees burned their tents and prevented the fire service entering the camp.
Riot police were called in and used teargas to quell the clashes, with major media outlets in Greece calling it a “warzone situation”.
Person standing outside #Moria #Lesvos says he saw 10 injured plus 3 ambulances while violent incidents, guesses about a lot more inside. Police blocked space around entry gates while incident was ongoing. Fire out by now, situation calm from outside. #humanrights #opentheislands pic.twitter.com/ePFjzBsHIO
— Michael Räber (@iwatnew) December 19, 2017
Fire in #EU camp #Moria #Lesvos #Greece. Violent incidents inside camp, injured were brought to gate, at least 4 #refugeesGr ppl evacuated by ambulances, others treated by BRF and ERCI medics outside camp. Hundreds of traumatized families stay trapped in unsafe camp. #humanrights pic.twitter.com/anH78Oe0Cl
— Michael Räber (@iwatnew) December 19, 2017
Clashes between refugees are not rare at the camp, but the latest bout of violence has reportedly been much more intense.
The situation at Moria refugee camp has been deteriorating by the day. Around 5,500 people are currently living there under extremely harsh conditions.
In a report published Monday by U.S. media outlet BuzzFeed News, Moria was characterized as “one of Europe’s worst refugee camps”.
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