European commission to finance transfers after fire on Greek island of Lesbos

Four hundred children left without shelter after fire destroyed a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos will be relocated across 10 countries in the European Union, with Germany and France taking in the bulk of those affected.

Germany’s interior minister, Horst Seehofer, said on Friday morning his country was prepared to take up to 150 unaccompanied minors from Moria camp – despite some of Germany’s largest states and cities saying they were prepared to take in more.

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