Unaccompanied refugee children to be transferred from Lesvos to mainland

The government on Tuesday put into motion the transfer of 91 unaccompanied refugee children from the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos to the Greek mainland, following a destructive fire at the island's main migrant processing center, or hot spot, at Moria.

The 91 minors were transferred to a separate site at the PIKPA summer camp when rioting broke out at the government-run Moria camp and after a large fire swept through the facility on Monday night, destroying tents and prefabricated homes.

Several families with children were also transferred from the Moria hot spot to unofficial center run by non-governmental organizations and the municipality at Kara Tepe, as authorities assess the damage at the Moria processing center and begin replacing shelters.

Ministry representatives met in Athens on Tuesday morning in the wake of the fire to decide where the minors would...