19 NOV: A refugee keeps warm by an open fire at a make-shift camp close to a registration centre on the Greek island of Lesbos. UNHCR has appealed to the Greek authorities to create additional accommodation and reception capacity as a matter of urgency since there are currently only 2,800 reception places for the 12,000 refugees and migrants currently on the island. Vast numbers of migrants have made their way across the Mediterranean to Europe in 2015, sparking a crisis as countries struggle to cope with the influx, and creating division in the EU over how best to deal with resettling people. Learn more: bbc.in/migrantcrisis PHOTO: Yannis Behrakis / REUTERS #BBCSnapshot #Photojournalism #refugee #migrant #Greece #Lesbos #UNHCR by bbcnews

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