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Moria (Greek: Μόρια – Mória) refugee camp is the biggest refugee camp in Europe. Moria is a refugee camp located outside Moria village near Mytilene. Enclosed with barbed wire and a chain-link fence, the camp serves as a European Union receiving center or “hotspot”. It is described by Human Rights Watch as an open air prison. The camp was built to accommodate around 3,000 people, however there are now over 17,000 people living in the camp. Because of overcrowding, the camp has expanded into a nearby olive grove, where the living quarters are makeshift, typically made out of tarps. The migrants have cut down an estimated 5,000 olive trees, some of them centuries old, to use as firewood. The residents of the nearby village of Moria have complained of increased criminality, including break-ins, vandalism, and looting of houses. Moria is still functioning, as the refugee crisis is still ongoing. Every month, hundreds of refugees and migrants cross the Mediterranean sea and land in Moria.