Violence Over Anti-Migrant Fence in Greece
A pro-migrant march was attacked by far-right stone throwers after demonstrators in Athens walked through the city in protest of a 12.5 kilometer “anti-migrant” fence being constructed on Greece’s border with Turkey. —JCL Reuters: Far-right protesters threw stones at a pro-migrant march in Athens on Saturday before being dispersed by bursts of teargas, police said, in the latest sign of tension over the capital’s growing immigrant population. Over 1,000 members of anti-racism groups, leftists and immigrants were marching in central Athens to protest against a controversial plan to build a fence at the border with Turkey to stop illegal immigrants from entering Greece. A survey conducted by the Alco polling group for weekly newspaper Thema showed on Saturday that 73 percent of respondents back the plan to build a 12.5 km fence at the border with Turkey. Read more
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on January 15, 2011. Filed under