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Migrants clash with police and cut through a fence at a Greek detention center
Migrants clashed with police at a detention center in northern Greece and cut through a perimeter fence, leading to 35 escaping before about half were recaptured.
Greece is a main entry point for migrants into Europe, making migration a significant and contentious issue in the country.
Police reinforcements responded to protests where migrants threw rocks at guards, and police special forces used flash grenades during clashes lasting until early Sunday.
Seventeen escaped migrants were arrested, and authorities continued searching for others following the clashes.
Information about one injured person - The area is blocked off by police forces, while it remains unknown what caused the riot in the controlled temporary accommodation structure for asylum seekers