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Moria Makeshift Refugee Camp In Lesvos Island

Panoramic general and closeup view from a hill of everyday daily life in Moria. Handmade tents on the olive grove hills of the slums or jungle or hell as asylum seekers called it, next to the official first Reception and Identification Center, Moria hotspot. Moria makeshift camp where people are living in the mud without basic facilities like access to water, electricity, heat, doctors etc. a hygiene threat, a health bomb, where refugees are afraid of diseases like coronavirus. The official hot spot, camp 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. Locals in the island protest against the new camp. 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 14, 2020 in Moria camp, Lesvos island, Greece (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID	#5485842
Date Taken	14 February 2020
Location	N/A
Photographer	Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto
Category	Human Interest
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto

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