(AFP) A group of local people on the Greek island of Lesbos on Sunday stopped around 50 migrants, including children, from landing their boat after several hours at sea, AFP photographers witnessed.
Shouting “Go back to Turkey,” furious locals at the port of Thermi blocked the boats.
After Turkey’s decision to open its borders into Europe, migrants have been arriving in greater numbers on the Greek islands in the Aegean, just off the Turkish coast.
The locals also shouted insults at the local official of the UN refugee agency the UNHCR — and some also attacked journalists and photographers at the scene, hitting them and throwing cameras into the water.
