Tension building on Lesvos as residents react to migrant rally

Residents on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Tuesday barged into the General Secretariat for Aegean and Island policy in the capital of Mytilini to demand a response from Athens to overcrowding at the Moria refugee and migrant camp following tension the previous day at a rally by camp residents protesting substandard living conditions and asylum processing delays.

The sitin at the government office came just hours after a tense community meeting on Monday night that was attended by Northern Aegean Regional Governor Kostas Moutzouris and Mytilini Mayor Stratis Kytelis, where island residents expressed their frustration at the slow pace of measures to address mounting problems at the camp, which led to Monday's march of some 2,000 refugees and migrants to the island capital. The rally became violent when riot police prevented the protesters from marching into the town...