Greece relocates unaccompanied migrant children to Luxembourg

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Greece has begun relocating unaccompanied minors from overcrowded migrant camps in the country.

The first 12 children, aged between 11 and 15, were moved to Luxembourg from camps on the islands of Lesbos, Samos and Chios.

Greece plans to relocate about 1,600 vulnerable children to other European countries that volunteer to host them, amid the coronavirus outbreak.

There are more than 5,000 unaccompanied children in Greek camps.

Advocacy groups have argued that leaving vulnerable minors in the camps heightens the risk of them contracting Covid-19.