PM Mitsotakis to chair meeting on Moria after fire broke out

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will chair an extraordinary inter-ministerial meeting, at 09:30, at the Maximos Mansion, with the participation of Civil Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, Migration Policy and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi, the Commander of the Greek Intelligence Service (EYP) Panagiotis Kontoleontas and the head of GEETHA Konstantinos Floros.
The situation at Moria hotspot and the measures that will be taken to deal with the situation will be examined. A fire broke out at Moria hotspot on the island of Lesvos at 2 am after clashes began when some of the 35 refugees who tested positive for Covid-19 refused to move into isolation with their families.
Migrants were being evacuated. Meanwhile, the Secretary General of the Reception of Asylum Seekers of the Migration Policy Ministry, Manos Logothetis, is going to Lesvos.
“The disaster at Moria is total,” he stated to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) and added: “By order of Migration Policy and Asylum Minister, I am going to the island to assess the situation. We must see in cooperation with all institutions what solutions we can provide for the temporary and long-term hospitality of the residents there. It is a first priority for everyone.”