European migrant crisis: Moria, Greece's biggest refugee camp - in pictures

Moria, Kara Tepe and the refugees marooned on Lesbos

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  The Moria refugee camp. Victor Besa/The National

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  The main entrance to Moria camp. Victor Besa/The National

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  Noor Albumohammed, aged 4, and her sisters Zainab, 3, and Fatima, 2 in their tent at Moria camp. Victor Besa/The National

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  Ahmed and his daughter, Fatima, 2, from Baghdad pose in Moria camp. Victor Besa/The National

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  A refugee brushes his teath in the morning at the Moria camp. Victor Besa/The National

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  A view of the Moria camp through a damaged fence. Victor Besa/The National

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  Refugee children head towards tents in Moria camp. Victor Besa/The National

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  Ugandan and Cameroon refugees cook a meal in Moria camp. Victor Besa/The National

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  An elderly refugee treks up the terrace like refugee camp back to her tent. Victor Besa/The National

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  A refugee girl reads at Kara Tepe camp. Victor Besa/The National

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  Saeed from Afghanistan with his children Zahra, 3, and Yousef, 9, in their camp quarters at Kara Tepe refugee camp. Victor Besa/The National

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  A boy enjoys the tyre playground area of the Kara Tepe camp. Victor Besa/The National

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  Refugee children at the Kara Tepe refugee camp. Victor Besa/The National

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  Children at the Kara Tepe refugee camp in Greece collect school supplies delivered by Etihad. Victor Besa/The National

Three years since the height of the European migrant crisis The National visited Moria, Greece's biggest refugee camp, on the island of Lesbos.

It remains filled with refugees, with 1,500 living in the overspill camp on the hills outside and many sleeping in the open air as winter approaches.

The Greek authorities have started to move the camp's inhabitants to the mainland but refugees continue to arrive. Those already there await news of whether their asylum applications will be approved, or whether they face deportation.

Read more about Moria, and the nearby Kara Tepe camp, in our special report: The refugees with no refuge.

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