(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, APRIL 30 - A detention center for
undocumented immigrants in Amygdaleza, northwest of Athens,
started operating on Sunday, despite vehement protests by local
residents and rights groups, with the transfer of dozens of
migrants detained over the past few days in police sweeps in
central Athens. Police said they transfered a group of 56
migrants in the early afternoon and were to move another 164
into the compound late last night, as daily Kathimerini reports.
Meanwhile residents staged a protest against the center outside the police training school which is adjacent to the facility.
According to Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis, a total of 1,200 migrants are to be moved into the center until mid-May. Then additional centers are to open in different parts of the country, according to the minister, who insists that this project will solve Greece's problem with illegal immigration. (ANSAmed).
Meanwhile residents staged a protest against the center outside the police training school which is adjacent to the facility.
According to Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis, a total of 1,200 migrants are to be moved into the center until mid-May. Then additional centers are to open in different parts of the country, according to the minister, who insists that this project will solve Greece's problem with illegal immigration. (ANSAmed).
