(AFP) More than 1,000 people rallied on the Greek island of Lesbos on Thursday to protest against new migrant camps, a day after violent clashes left more than 60 injured, mostly police officers.
Lesbos businesses and unions called for a general strike on the island to continue, with shops shuttered for the second day in a row.
“No camps on the islands, either open or closed,” the demonstrators chanted as they marched in the port town of Mytilene.
On the neighbouring island of Chios, hundreds of protesters took part in a similar rally.
The demonstrations on Thursday were more peaceful than the previous day when locals had clashed violently with police over the construction of new migrant camps on the islands of Lesbos and Chios.
