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Moria Makeshift Refugee Camp In Lesvos Island

Handmade tents, the narrow stream that became a garbage dumb, piles of garbage and wooden bridges that connect the slums "jungle" to the official Reception and Identification Center. Moria makeshift camp where people are living in the mud without basic facilities, on the hills of the olive grove, outside of the official facilities, the hotspot, first reception and registration center in Lesvos island in Greece. There is an estimation of 24.000 asylum seekers living in the settlement with the larger majority being from Afghanistan and more than 20% to be minors, sometimes the children are unaccompanied. Refugees and migrants arrive every day from Turkey in dinghies increasing the number of people needing shelter but they can't leave the island, while Greece prepares Closed Detention Centers. Moria refugee camp is the largest in Europe during the humanitarian refugee crisis, it works as a hotspot for Europe, where asylum seekers register. February 2020 - Moria camp, Lesvos island, Greece (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID	#5469136
Date Taken	19 February 2020
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Photographer	Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto
Category	Social Issue
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto

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