A group of Afghan migrants on a Greek island stoned a teenage girl after she refused a forced marriage.
The 17-year-old girl was subjected to the horrific attack by the group of men who had been staying at the Moria migrant camp on Lesbos.
Eirini Agapidaki, Greece's Deputy Minister of Health, revealed the vile incident during the height of the migrant crisis.
At that time, the refugee camp was the largest camp on the continent until it burned down in September 2020.
It was originally constructed to house around 3,000 individuals - but around 20,000 people ended up living there in the summer of 2020. Around 7,000 were thought to be minors.
There, disorder and chaos was widespread, with human rights bodies regularly criticising the camp's conditions.
During his papacy, Pope Francis labelled the site a concentration camp.
Now, the minister, speaking with TV channel host Katerina Panagopoulou, opened up further on the extent of the chaos, and claimed authorities regularly lacked accurate data on underaged individuals in Greece.
The infamous camp, home to violence and disorder, burned down in 2020
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In the camp, she described often witnessing illegal activities, from drug trafficking to human trafficking.
Hazara children, from Afghanistan, she said, were often abused by trafficking networks, relaying the incident that led to the girl being stoned.
The teen was subsequently transferred to a facility for unaccompanied minors, later going on to do well at school, she added.
The camp was first built in 2013 and, just two years later, became known for its horrendous living conditions.
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Kara Tepe was a temporary refugee camp constructed after the Moria camp burned down
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In the wake of the 2015 migrant crisis, Lesbos witnessed a huge jump in the number of refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria making the crossing over from Turkey to enter Greece which was.
Last month, three migrants were cleared on appeal of setting fire to the infamous camp during the Covid pandemic, which took place in September 2020.
The juvenile court of Mytilene found all three defendants not guilty. The judge ruled that that their involvement had not been proven.
The trio were previously sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The blaze, which occurred nearly six years ago, destroyed much of the camp, leaving 13,000 without a home or shelter.
The Kara Tepe refugee camp became the alternative camp for migrants on the island.
However, the newer site has also been criticised for poor conditions, with critics taking aim at the crowded tents and failing infrastructure.
By the end of 2025, it housed roughly 15,000 migrants.