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Greece: Riot police moves to evict 8,000 refugees at Indomeni camp

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May 25, 2016

Greece: Riot police moves to evict 8,000 refugees at Indomeni camp

Greek riot police have launched a gradual effort to remove more than 8,000 people from the informal Indomeni refugee camp on the border with Macedonia.

More than 700 riot policemen have been sent to the refugee camp in an operation to clear the country’s largest informal camp with access roads to the area being blocked.

The operation according to the government spokesman, Giorgos Kyritsis was expected to last about a week to 10 days and the police have been told not to use force.

A total of 1,529 refugees from the Indomeni camp have been moved in 32 buses as earth moving machinery was used to clear abandoned tents and other structures at the camp.

Vicky Markolefa, a representative of the Doctors Without Borders charity, said the relocation operation was proceeding “very smoothly” on but voiced concern over the facilities where the refugees were taken.

“We are quite concerned whether these settlements are ready to host this amount of people in a dignified way,” she said.

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