Migrants in Greece set fires at camp; at least 1 killed

About 12,000 migrants are housed in a space designed for 3000. The protesters were demanding to be transferred to the Greek mainland.

Lesbos: Migrants protesting at an overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos set fires and clashed with police on Sunday, killing at least one person.

A burned body was brought to a local hospital and there is information about an unconfirmed second death, sources said.

According to Greek police, migrants set a blaze at an olive grove outside the camp just before 5 p.m. and minutes later, inside the camp.

Both fires were later extinguished.

The protesters were demanding to be transferred to the Greek mainland.

About 12,000 migrants, most of them Afghans, are housed in a space designed for 3,000.

A day after the incident, police were deployed to the overcrowed camp on Monday.