Greece: Four Afghan migrants jailed over Moria camp fire

Lawyers for the defendants denounce ‘lack of sense of fairness’ after the court found the pair guilty of arson.

Four Afghan asylum-seekers have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for their part in a fire that destroyed the Moria migrant camp in Greece last year. The court in Chios found the defendants guilty of arson on Saturday while their lawyers denounced a “lack of sense of fairness”, telling AFP news agency they had immediately filed for an appeal after the sentence was handed down. The young Afghans were taken to the court handcuffed and were expected to return to the Avlona jail outside Athens, where they were held before the trial.