Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesting Migrants in Island of Lesbos
Greek police fired teargas to disperse migrants and refugees protesting on Monday about conditions in migrant camps on the island of Lesbos and the slow pace of processing asylum requests.
Violence broke out near the Kara Tepe camp, after hundreds of people including women and children marched from the island’s congested migrant camps to the city.
Babies and toddlers were tear gassed by police but volunteers used Coca-Cola to wash the gas out of their eyes.
Aid groups have described living conditions in some of Greece’s island camps as atrocious.
Lesbos has been one of the main gateways into Europe for migrants fleeing war, poverty and persecution from the Middle East and beyond.
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