Hundreds of people were injured during violent clashes between Muslim refugees on 19 December, at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos.
According to Twitter and Facebook reports from some of the 5,500 refugees and asylum seekers placed on the island, clashes erupted between Arab, Afghan and Iraqi refugees.
Some of the rioters burned down tents and then prevented fire and other emergency services from entering the camp. To bring some calm into the situation, riot police were called in from the mainland who used teargas to quell the clashes. Major media groups in Greece described the riot as a ‘war zone situation’.
