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Greece: Abusive Police Crackdown on Migrants:

Athens police are conducting abusive stops and searches and have detained tens of thousands of people in a crackdown on irregular migration, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Ref. Source 8

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I am in total agreement with legal immigration but if the Human Rights Watch is right then I totally disagree with the approach of Greece. You cannot stop someone just because they look like a foreigner to you and perform unjustified searches of their belongings, that's crazy!

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Greece can't handle migrant inflows, says PM, calling on EU to help:

Within just one hour on Thursday, Reuters journalists on the island of Lesvos saw two boatloads of refugees landing on the Greek territory, one carrying roughly 40 Syrians, the other the same number of Afghans. Ref. Source 8z

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Thousands stuck in stadium 'hell'

AN IDYLLIC island in Greece has become "Like hell" With 2000 people locked in a stadium in 45C heat without access to food, water or toilets. Ref. Source 8s

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Greek police fire stun grenade at migrants on Macedonian border: :

Thousands of people -- many of them refugees fleeing war-torn Syria -- make the hazardous journey to Greece by sea before heading north through the Balkans, eventually hoping to reach EU countries such as Germany and Sweden. Ref. Source 5y

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Can't blame them. Greece can barely take care of its own so taking on thousands of immigrants isn't going to help any and may be more of a security risk.

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Five refugees drown off Greek islands, one missing:

Five people, including a baby and two children, drowned and one was missing in two separate incidents of refugees trying to reach Greece from nearby Turkey on Sunday, the Greek coastguard said. Ref. Source 7g

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As morgue fills, aid group pledges more money for refugees in Greece:

Bishop Iakovos of Mytilene (Lesbos) said about 20 people were still unburied on the island due to a lack of space. "A special freezer car has been brought and people are placed in there until they can be buried. Most of them are unidentified, and that includes children," He told Mega TV. Ref. Source 3a