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Sad images are coming from Moria, with thousands of refugees and migrants being forced to spend the night on the streets, and even in cemeteries, after the big fire that almost completely engulfed the accommodation structure.

Some 400 asylum seekers and 350 unaccompanied minors will be relocated from Greece to France, it was announced after a Monday meeting of Alternate Minister of Migration & Asylum Giorgos Koumoutsakos with French Ambassador to Greece Patrick Maisonnave.

Eight asylum applicants on Samos island were arrested on Monday on charges of participating in a criminal gang and for arson, disturbing the peace, destruction of property and extortion.