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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.
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Migrants clashed violently with police at a detention center in Greece, breaking through the fence and allowing 35 refugees to escape.

·Budapest, Hungary
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Migrants clash with police and cut through a fence at a Greek detention center

Migrants have clashed with police at a detention center in northern Greece, cutting through a perimeter fence.

·New York, United States
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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

·Marousi, Greece
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Επιλογές broke the news on Saturday, August 22, 2026.
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