Assistance on its way

The UN refugee agency said it had deployed staff to assist Greek authorities, noting that there were over 4,000 children among the displaced in addition to pregnant women and elderly people.

Norway on Wednesday offered to take in 50 Syrians from Moria, though Greece has currently banned the camp’s former residents from leaving the island.

An exception will be made for the 400 minors, a migration ministry source told state agency ANA.

(Photograph:AFP)