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Turkish fighter jets fly over Chios, two islets
A pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets on Thursday entered Athens' Flight Information Region (FIR) without sybmitting a flight plan and flew over the islets of Panaghia and Oinousses in the eastern Aegean, he Hellenic National Defence General Staff (GEETHA) said.
The jets entered Greek airspace at 9.55 a.m. and flew at 24,000 feet.
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Greek police clash with migrants at border
Greek police fired tear gas to repel hundreds of stone-throwing migrants who tried to force their way across the border from Turkey on March 1, with thousands more behind them after Ankara relaxed curbs on their movement.
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Over 400 migrants reach Greek islands in 4 hours
The migrants trying to breach Greece's land border may have failed, but, with the help of improving weather, arrivals on the islands are accelerating.
Sources have told Kathimerini that, from 7 to 11 a.m. Sunday, more than 400 migrants have arrived on the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos.
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Greek Police to probe violence on islands
The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has launched a probe into the violence that broke out on Wednesday on Lesvos and Chios during protests by residents against the presence of riot police officers sent to the islands to guard the sites where new migrant camps are being built.
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PM urges calm in meeting with island officials over migrant camps
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday chaired a meeting between government officials and local authority officials from the eastern and northern Aegean in a bid to break a deadlock over the construction of new migrant detention centers on five islands.
Illegitimate violence
The distrust felt by residents of the Greek islands in the eastern Aegean is completely justified. They have borne the brunt of the refugee crisis on behalf of the rest of Europe.
However, no anger, no matter how justified, can legitimize Wednesday's violence on Chios, where a mob beat up police officers in their beds.
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Greek islanders strike over new migrant camps, government says no alternative
Greek island residents went on strike for a second day on Thursday, stepping up protests against government plans for new migrant camps on five islands after violent clashes with police.
Police officers hurt in clashes over migrant camps in Greece
Dozens of policemen deployed to two eastern Greek islands to quell protests over planned new migrant detention centers have been injured during two days of clashes with local residents, authorities said on Feb. 26.
Mitsotakis’ meeting with North Aegean regional governor canceled following controversial video
A meeting between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Kostas Moutzouris scheduled for Thursday in a bid to de-escalate tension on the islands has been canceled after a video emerged of the North Aegean regional governor criticizing the conservative prime minister while making an obscene gesture.
After island violence, government announces partial withdrawal of riot police
After extensive clashes between officers and islanders that left 62 people injured on the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Chios, the government announced on Wednesday that it is withdrawing most of the riot police units that were stationed there to counter fierce reaction to the creation of new, closed migrant camps.