Earlier in the day, groups of young refugees have been protesting the atrocious conditions of the Moria refugee camp in Lesvos. The police have used tear-gas against them
The under-aged refugees have been complaining for several days now on the fact that they have been kept in the camp for some months, as well as the conditions of the Moria camp. Today, they escalated their actions when they seized control of the P.A. system and were shouting “freedom freedom”, while asking for support.
#BREAKING:Clashes between police & #refugees at #Moria detention camp, in #Lesvos, #Greece –@EFEnoticias / @euronews pic.twitter.com/G5Hjzsgwop
— Rodrigo Barbosa (@RodaLarga) April 26, 2016
There have been accusations that the police hit an underage protestor yet what information there is at the moment is inconclusive. It is certainly worth noting that protests and minor incidents have been reported to happen in the past yet today's protests were certainly the most aggressive.
“The protest began because the police hit the child in the minor section”, acc to a refugee inside #Moria. pic.twitter.com/cJWA9xwO2g
— Daphne Tolis (@daphnetoli) April 26, 2016
A shipping container was set to fire inside the camp and the refugees started throwing stones against the riot police; it was then that the police deployed what is reported as “copious” amounts of tear-gas. When other fires broke, the police and those working in the camp left it while police does not allow helpers and volunteers to enter the premises.
The riot police have been attempting to enter the camp through the back, yet the refugees resist by stone throwing. Firefighters are also attempting to put the fires out.
Image sent to me by a refugee in Moria camp on Lesbos – riots after weeks of detention pic.twitter.com/gTqdj2Gkig
— Zia Weise (@ZiaWeise) April 26, 2016
The latest news and reports claim that, for the time, the clashes have stoped and the situation is slowly defusing.