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  • Ten riot police squads deployed to Idomeni refugee camp, evacuation to start on Tuesday

    05/25/2016 2:11:10 PM PDT · by Lorianne · 5 replies
    Keep Talking Greece ^ | 23 May 2016
    Ten riot police squads left Athens this morning and are expected to take position at the refugees camp of Idomeni that will be evacuated from the 8.500 men, women and children living there since last February. Other police forces from Northern Greece will be deployed in the area for “as long as it takes.” According to Greek media, the evacuation of the camp is scheduled to be launched at 6 a.m. on Tuesday and conclude after a week to ten days. Spokesman of Migration Coordination Body, Giorgos Kyritsis said Monday morning that operation may start “Tuesday or Wednesday.” Buses will...
  • Greek farmer smashes through Syrian migrants' tents with his TRACTOR after they set up camp on [tr]

    04/01/2016 6:09:11 AM PDT · by C19fan · 34 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | April 1, 2016 | Corey Charlton
    A Greek farmer enraged at refugees tenting on his land has been filmed ploughing through their campsite with his tractor. Claiming he needed to prepare the land for his cows, farmer Lazaros Oulis turned the field in Idomeni, Greece into soft soil while dozens of migrants stood by watching. Footage of the incident showed him driving through litter and narrowly dodging tents before he was stopped by local police.