Migrants displaced by Moria fires wait by roadside

Authorities were on Saturday seeking to shelter thousands of refugees and migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos after fires destroyed the squalid and overcrowded Moria camp that for years symbolised Europe's biggest migration policy failings.

Thousands of people who fled the camp slept rough for a third night, under makeshift shelters beside the road to the island capital of Mytilene.

An ambulance was seen in Kara Tepe, near Mytilene, reportedly taking away a Syrian girl who had developed a cough.

Greek troops were expected to erect tents for about 3,000 people - out of Moria's 12,500 - at the Kara Tepe site, while the first migrants and refugees were expected to move in Saturday.