The plan is to clear the camp in Moria of Lesvos after the fire and the rioting on Sunday that left one dead and more than 10 injured.

Members of humanitarian organizations warn of catastrophe in Greek refugee camps, speaking of "children who have been bitten by scorpions, rats and snakes", "hundreds of people forced to use a single shower", "food shortages that tend to become regular" in the hotspots of the eastern Aegean islands, as reported by the Guardian.

Turkey will be forced to let Syrian refugees on its territory flee to Europe if the West does not offer more assistance to the country and support in its plan to create a safe haven for refugees, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters in an interview,  doubling down on his threats against Europe.