Migrants scuffle with police on Greek island of Lesbos


  • World
  • Friday, 04 Sep 2015

Migrants stage a protest in front of a train at Bicske railway station, Hungary, September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

ATHENS (Reuters) - About 200 unregistered migrants trying to board a ship scuffled with police and coastguard officials on the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday, with television footage showing migrants throwing stones at police.

The clashes erupted as senior European Union officials visiting Greece promised more help to countries on the frontline of a migrant crisis that has seen hundreds of people, many fleeing war and poverty, arriving on Greek shores every day.

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