Police open probe into controversial comments of union official

Greek police on Monday ordered a disciplinary inquiry into the deputy head of the officers' POASY union, who described migrants as "dust" and anarchists as "garbage" during a television show.

Police announced earlier in the day that a sweep on squats in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia resulted in the removal of 143 foreign nationals from four occupied buildings. Three people have been detained, two Greeks and a foreign national, according to a police statement.
Three of the squats, located on Spyrou Trikoupi and Fotila streets, had been hosting undocumented migrants and refugees.
The migrants were transferred to the Aliens' Bureau on Petrou Ralli street for identification and will be subsequently transferred to state facilities.
Speaking on a morning news program on SKAI, Stavros Balaskas described the police raid as a "silent vacuum cleaner" which...