Article 5K0DE Moria fire: Greek court jails four Afghan asylum seekers for 10 years

Moria fire: Greek court jails four Afghan asylum seekers for 10 years

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Men were charged with arson over blaze that destroyed what was Europe's largest migrant camp

Four Afghan asylum seekers have been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Greece for their part in a fire that destroyed the Moria migrant camp in 2020.

The men, charged with arson with risk to human life over the fire on the island of Lesbos last September, were found guilty after a court rejected a request by lawyers for three of them to be tried by a juvenile court because they were under 18 at the time.

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