Greece offers compromise on migrant centers to placate angry islanders

Greece on Monday acted to placate locals incensed over government plans to build new migrant detention centers on outlying islands, saying it was open to a compromise on their location.
The Athens government infuriated residents of five islands - all straddling a key route to Europe used by thousands of migrants - by announcing last week it would expedite the construction of closed detention centres to replace open-access, severely overcrowded camps. Local residents say they are concerned such an arrangement could become permanent.
Hundreds of islanders, an important demographic for the conservative New Democracy government, rallied in Athens last week to press calls for thousands of asylum seekers now on the islands to be transferred to the Greek mainland.
The conservatives have taken a markedly tougher stance towards migration than their leftist predecessors,...