Immigrants at Orestiada center protest detention extension decree

Immigrants at the Orestiada detention center near the Turkish border in northern Greece caused a disturbance on Wednesday in protest at a presidential decree increasing the time that undocumented migrants can be kept in detention to a year. The protest, which involved a few dozen migrants, resulted in minor damage but no injuries. In a related development, the Public Order Ministry said that 13,475 undocumented immigrants were deported in the first 10 months of this year, compared to 11,357 in the whole of 2011.
(05.12.2012) Kathimerini English Edition
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