According to local media, there were hundreds of migrants in the camp, of which only about 30 people have moved “in a consensual manner”. The refugees refuse to move because, among other things, they do not want a “second uprooting”.
Euskaraz irakurri: Greziako Polizia Atenasko kanpamentu batean sartu da errefuxiatuak kanporatzeko
The Greek Police has entered this Thursday in the refugee camp of eleonasthe only one found within Athens and that came to house some 1500 peoplefor evacuate refugees and relocate them in other fields of the country.
Notis Mitarakis, Greek Migration Minister, announced it this morning in a tweet in which he also lamented the “resistance” of a group of “immigrants and solidarity”.
The protesters erected barricades before the arrival of the police forces, with whom they exchanged tear gas, stun grenades and stones, according to Greek media.
Despite the deployment carried out by the authorities, they have only managed to transfer “in a consensual way” 30 of the several hundred migrants who were still there, a tactic that, according to the NGO Solidarity With Migrantsis used as a “lever to pressure, divide and repress the fighting bloc of immigrant women”, and they allege that said consent was obtained “after many threats and lies of the camp management.
The refugees refuse to move because they don’t want a “second uprooting” being transferred to camps in the interior of the country, but instead demand to remain there until the authorities assure them a home within the city.
They also ask for the renewal of workerss that they provided them with psychological and legal support and that with the closure of the camp they lose their jobs since their transfer to other camps is not planned.
Another reason for his refusal to transfer is that live in “harmony” with the people of the countryside and have access to education and health, which work better than in the interior of the country, according to the Workers’ Initiative organization; In addition, they assure that the closure of this camp supposes “breaking” the attempts to integrate these people.
The MeRA25, leftist party of the former Minister of Finance yanis varufakishas condemned the “brutal repression of the Mitsotakis regime” and has recalled his opposition to the evacuation of the camp, which was used by the Government as a sign of the quality of the Greek refugee camps.
Its closure was scheduled for May 30, but the numerous protests on the part of the migrants, supported by several organizations, have forced the authorities to postpone the definitive closure, although there have been some transfers in recent months.
The Athens City Council approved its closure by a narrow majority and as part of a plan to build a commercial area and even a football stadium in this economically depressed area.
Source: Eitb
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