Al Jazeera News, Lesbos :
The stale stench of burning trash hung in the air outside the Moria detention centre a day after some of the worst rioting seen on the island where refugees are held.
Thick black smoke billowed out from the facility on Tuesday after a fight between some of the unaccompanied children escalated into anarchy and the police violently intervened.
“The fight started after the police beat one of the children. Then many people started throwing stones, the police shot tear gas to us, and some occupied the loudspeaker and started chanting ‘freedom’,” Khaled, a Syrian student detainee, told Al Jazeera, giving just one name.
UN refugee agency withdraws from Greek islands
Under the terms of the EU-Turkey agreement, most refugees arriving on the Greek islands are sent to the detention centre on Moria, where they can apply for asylum in Greece.
The stale stench of burning trash hung in the air outside the Moria detention centre a day after some of the worst rioting seen on the island where refugees are held.
Thick black smoke billowed out from the facility on Tuesday after a fight between some of the unaccompanied children escalated into anarchy and the police violently intervened.
“The fight started after the police beat one of the children. Then many people started throwing stones, the police shot tear gas to us, and some occupied the loudspeaker and started chanting ‘freedom’,” Khaled, a Syrian student detainee, told Al Jazeera, giving just one name.
UN refugee agency withdraws from Greek islands
Under the terms of the EU-Turkey agreement, most refugees arriving on the Greek islands are sent to the detention centre on Moria, where they can apply for asylum in Greece.
