The family of the Egyptian man who died in the Moria camp last year have accused the Greek state of negligence, the daily newspaper Kathimerini reports.

Ahmed Elgamal, who was twenty years old, was found dead on January 24, 2017. A few weeks earlier he had reached Lesbos on a rubber dinghy with 12 other asylum seekers. He died from carbon monoxide poisoning from a makeshift heater used in his tent. Two others died of the same cause during the same week.

A toxicology report from the Athens Medical School issued two weeks after Elgamal's death showed no traces of medicine, drugs or alcohol in his body. An earlier report published on January 31 showed that his carboxyhemoglobin (HbCO) blood level was 61 percent – a result of breathing in carbon monoxide.

According to Kathimerini, Elgamal's parents claim that the authorities were aware of the dangers posed by the cold weather, but they failed to take steps to protect the residents of the Moria camp. The family alleges that the authorities encouraged the use of makeshift devices at the camp and that migrants used charcoal stoves inside covered areas.

The lawsuit, seen by Kathimerini, also cites warnings by NGOs and a Greek National Commission for Human Rights report issued before the deaths, which said that "without clear and timely guidance by the government regarding winter measures, the cold and rain from October onward will make conditions intolerable."