A fire broke out late Sunday at a soon-to-be-closed migrant camp on the Greek island of Samos, forcing its evacuation.... They have also begun evacuating the 550 migrants to an empty plot near the camp's entrance, while 10 unaccompanied minors were moved overnight to a new facility on the island.... The transfer of all the migrants to a new €43 million facility should be completed by Wednesday. The existing camp once housed up to 7, 500 migrants in squalid conditions, as Migration and Asylum M

Mr Darmanin visited a controversial migrant camp on the Greek island of Samos, described as a “ closed and controlled access ” camp outfitted with barbed wire and watchtowers.... Mr Darmanin, praising the new facility, said: “ We ask other southern EU countries to do what the Greeks have done to control our external borders better and other countries to agree to a system of solidarity.” However, human rights organisations have challenged Mr Darmanin’s approval in the wake of the facility’s open