Some locals still oppose migrants at school

Despite the relative success, so far, of the program to educate migrant youngsters at public schools, isolated protests were reported again Wednesday, even though they were milder than Monday's.

As most refugee and migrant children received a warm welcome at the majority of schools, the village of Profitis, near Thessaloniki, saw just 20 local children showing up at school Wednesday out of the 130 registered students, in protest at the presence of migrant pupils.

However, Nikos Christorou, the secretary of the local association of primary school teachers, told Kathimerini he was confident that "logic will prevail and the school will soon be filled with children."

"There are now some 40 children from the refugee center at Langadika attending school, where they are learning Greek, English and other lessons," he said, insisting that "we must not allow...