Half of Moria migrant camp population is women and children, NGO says

Around 50 percent of the refugees and migrants crammed into the notorious Moria reception and processing center on the Aegean island of Lesvos are women and children who need to be transferred to more suitable facilities, Elias Pavlopoulos, the general director of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Greece, said on Thursday.

Describing the appalling conditions at the overcrowded camp on Skai TV, Pavlopoulos said that there is one toilet per 70 residents and one shower stall per 90 residents. He also warned of a surge in violence, including sexual assaults, saying that the women and children at the Moria camp need to be urgently transferred to safer facilities.

Pavlopoulos was especially critical of the care, or lack thereof, afforded to children at Moria, stressing the psychological strain of living in such conditions after surviving war and other hardships. He spoke of...