Greece: 5 hurt in violence at migrant detention camp
Posted April 01, 2016 7:00 am
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Authorities on the Greek island of Chios say five people were injured and treated in hospital following clashes between Syrian and Afghan migrants at an overcrowded detention camp.
The clashes early Friday are the latest in a series of violent incidents at shelters and gathering points across Greece, where more than 50,000 migrants and refugees are stranded following Balkan border closures supported by the European Union.
Greece has been detaining migrants who arrived after March 20 and will begin deporting them back to Turkey next week, under an EU-Turkey agreement on migration.
The deportations will start with migrants with asylum claims considered inadmissible - a group likely to include citizens of Afghanistan.
Lazaros Oulis, farmer and owner of fields drives a farm tractor near the makeshift refugee camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Thursday, March 31, 2016. Oulis, tried to plough his land on Thursday, driving the tractor near the tents and people.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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Syrian families embark a bus, transferring them to the western coastal Greek town of Kyllini, from the Athens port of Piraeus, Thursday, March 31, 2016. Hundreds of Syrian refugees began leaving the port after translators provided by the government convinced them to be transferred to camps that would provide safe and clean living conditions. More than 50,000 migrants remain stranded in Greece following border restrictions and closures by Austria and Balkan nations. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A boy plays with a small guitar as a volunteer hugs a Syrian refugee who embarks on a bus, transferring them to the western coastal Greek town of Kyllini, from the Athens port of Piraeus, on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Hundreds of Syrian refugees began leaving the port after translators provided by the government convinced them to be transferred to camps that would provide safe and clean living conditions. More than 50,000 migrants remain stranded in Greece following border restrictions and closures by Austria and Balkan nations. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A Syrian man puts his belongings in a bus, transferring him to the western coastal Greek town of Kyllini, from the Athens port of Piraeus, Thursday, March 31, 2016. Hundreds of Syrian refugees began leaving the port after translators provided by the government convinced them to be transferred to camps that would provide safe and clean living conditions. More than 50,000 migrants remain stranded in Greece following border restrictions and closures by Austria and Balkan nations. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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