Asylum-seekers and locals clash on Greek island of Lesbos over migrant crisis


  • World
  • Monday, 23 Apr 2018

ATHENS (Reuters) - Clashes broke out on Sunday between asylum-seekers and groups of locals on Lesbos, police said, in one of the most serious bouts of violence on the Greek island in months.

Locals were protesting against a group of about 200 refugees and migrants who had camped out for days on a main square on the island's seaside promenade, a police official on the island said. The asylum-seekers were demonstrating against conditions in the island's camp and delays in asylum applications.

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