Chanting slogans that they want to leave Greece, a few hundreds refugees and migrants started to march in the port of Piraeus on Friday morning. they had arrived to the port form the islands earlier and were not allowed to get on buses for Idomeni at the borders.
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The protesters later stopped walking and staged a sit-in. It is claimed that protesters are Iraqis and migrants.
Some 20,000 refugees and migrants have been stranded in Greece after FYROM dramatically decreased the passage for refugees following Austria’s instructions. Only 200 refugees from Syria were allowed to enter FYROM yesterday.
With the borders practically closed, there are reportedly thousands of people at the borders to Albania awaiting to cross. Albanian TV reported that Tirana is preparing a center for refugees and migrants.
Greek Defense Minister said that 5 centers to host refugees and migrants are to be established in northern Greece.
Thousands of people keep arriving in mainland from the islands, although there seems to be a government plan to limit the arrivals to Piraeus.
The NATO Force has officially launched its operation in the eastern Aegean as of today.
Yeseterday there were 15 illegal immigrants xaught at the border by the albanian police. We xan’t feed the refugees. Taxes are continually increasing, unemployment, criminality is high. The border dhould be closed. Greece should shoot at illegal tresspassers. There are 2 billion more souls on this Planet than can be fed sustainably. We are in overshoot. Only death resolves that.
If you are advocating your own death — feel free to do so. If you are proposing to sacrifice the lives of others — then you belong in a neonazi movement.
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Quite what 15 migrants on the Albanian border have to do with over a million refugees in one year, I fail to see. If they were trying to leave Greece, that is their right. Why should border be closed? Because fascists don’t like the rule of law? Greece is doing its very best to assist refugees from war zones: the rest of Europe, with the exception of Germany, is trying to do nothing.