FILE PHOTO: Residents of the island of Lesbos hold placards during a demonstration over the overcrowding migrant camps and against the creation of new camps on the Aegean islands, outside the Interior Ministry in Athens, Greece, February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece on Monday acted to placate locals incensed over government plans to build new migrant detention centres on outlying islands, saying it was open to a compromise on their location.
The Athens government infuriated residents of five islands - all straddling a key route to Europe used by thousands of migrants - by announcing last week it would expedite the construction of closed detention centres to replace open-access, severely overcrowded camps. Local residents say they are concerned such an arrangement could become permanent.
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