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(2,103 posts) Sun Feb 7, 2016, 06:35 PM Feb 2016

Greek island mayor warns of violence over migrant plan

Source: AFP

Athens (AFP) - The mayor of the Greek island of Kos on Sunday called on the government to abandon its plans to build a migrant registration centre as demanded by the EU, warning that local opposition could lead to "uncontrollable" protests.

"There is a present danger that we will mourn victims and be led to uncontrollable situations," Kos mayor Yiorgos Kyritsis said in a letter to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, made public by the state agency ANA.

Three locals were hurt this week in a scuffle with riot police near the area chosen to build the migrant centre, or hotspot, including a journalist covering the protest, who was later detained.

The government reacted by sending extra riot police to the island, which Kyritsis said was a mistake.

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This whole migrant and refugee crisis is one big NIMBY clusterfuck. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #1

Because the government and the EU can promise christx30 Feb 2016 #2

Odin2005

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1. This whole migrant and refugee crisis is one big NIMBY clusterfuck.

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Sun Feb 7, 2016, 06:54 PM

Feb 2016

christx30

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2. Because the government and the EU can promise

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 08:24 PM

Feb 2016

great things and have the very best intentions in the world, but it's the local populations that have to deal with it on the ground on a day to day basis.
I mean, I hear stories about Cologne happening, and I'm sure as hell aren't thinking "I so wish we could have a large refugee population here."
I'm sure if Asgard was chosen as a entry point, and you had 10,000 refugees coming in per day with little to no vetting, you'd have Heimdall close the Bifrost.

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