Moria

Hours after a 24-year-old man from Cameroon was found dead at Moria camp on the Aegean island of Lesvos, international relief group Oxfam published a scathing report detailing inhumane conditions at the infamous facility and other sites.

A coroner on Tuesday was investigating the death of a 24-year-old man from Cameroon who was taken to hospital late on Monday from the overcrowded Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesvos.

Greek authorities are investigating the death of a 24-year-old man from Cameroon who was taken to a hospital from a sprawling refugee camp on the island of Lesvos.

Migration Minister Dimitris Vitsas said the cause of the man's death hasn't been established yet. He died after being transported from the Moria camp before dawn Tuesday.

A 24-year-old man from Cameroon was found dead inside the Moria migrant camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos early Tuesday morning, according to state-run news agency ANA-MPA.

The migrant was reportedly found by his friends at 2 a.m. His body was transferred to the hospital in Mytilene where doctors confirmed his death.

An asylum seeker found dead on Wednesday near the Moria migrant camp on the Aegean island of Lesvos is believed to be a 22-year-old Afghan man.

According to local reports, the man had been attacked by a group of assailants.

An asylum-seeker has been found dead near Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesvos, according to reports on Wednesday.

Reports say it appeared the victim had been struck with a sharp object, though this has not yet been confirmed.

No more details were available about the identity of the victim.

A high-ranking EU official warns that, despite some improvements, the situation in refugee camps in Moria, on the island of Lesbos, and, even more so, in Samos is still dire and Greece could face sanctions in 2019.

Greek state sued for the first time over a refugee death by family of Moria camp resident who died in 2017.

Greek Migration Minister Dimitris Vitsas on Friday defended efforts to improve conditions at the notorious Moria migrant reception and processing center on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, saying that all its residents are vaccinated and have access to education and "music classes."

Police officers stationed at the notorious Moria refugee camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos have been asked to take blood tests after one their colleagues contracted an infectious disease.

Sources told Kathimerini that the victim, who has been hospitalized at a local clinic with high fever for about five days, tested positive for tuberculosis.