Friday, February 28, 2020

Greeks protest construction of new migrant camps




Demonstrators protest against the construction of new migrant camps in Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, on Feb. 27, 2020. Hundreds of protesters on the Greek island of Lesbos on Feb. 26 threw stones at police who responded with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets, an AFP photographer said, on a second day of demonstrations against the construction of new migrant camps. Ten protesters and dozens of police officers were lightly injured in the daylong clashes in Mantamados, a village near a construction site for a camp to house 7,000 migrants, a police source said. Show less 
 ARIS MESSINIS, AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

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