Footage of Alleged Moria Migrant Camp Arsonists Released
Greek media have released footage they claim depicts migrants setting fires during the Moria migrant camp blaze that left more than 10,000 migrants homeless on the island of Lesbos.
The footage, which runs nearly a minute and a half, shows what appears to be a young man lighting a piece of cardboard on fire and using it to spread the blaze to nearby vegetation. Several other small fires are also seen burning nearby.
Turkey will make ‘no concessions’ in eastern Med
President Erdogan said Turkey will do whatever is needed to obtain its rights in Black Sea, Aegean and Mediterranean.
- Germany: ‘Spark could lead to disaster’ in east Mediterranean
- What’s behind rising tensions in Eastern Mediterranean?
Six times as many illegal migrants have arrived in the Canary Islands this year compared with the same period last year. Meanwhile, a study of migrants who arrived in Germany in 2016 shows that only 43% of were employed two years later.
China Calls U.S. Ban on Uyghur Slave-Picked Cotton ‘Naked Act of Bullying’
A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday decried the U.S.-enacted limits on importing cotton, apparel, hair products, and other goods from companies reasonably believed to be engaging in slave labor in China, calling the sanctions a “naked act of bullying.”