Migrant chaos in Kos – free for all between warring groups of Asia

The migrant situation in the Greek island of Kos is gradually becoming tense as fighting broke out between a group of Asian migrants and the riot police could do practically as 50 asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran threw rocks and exchanged blows. This happened near a passenger ship where hundreds of migrants were being registered.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 15 August 2015.

It seems hordes of Asian migrants were standing near the police station when the brawl broke out. One reason could be that they had little chance of being processed on the Eleftherios Venizelos because the Greek authorities are giving priority to Syrians.
The Eleftherios Venizelos ferry can carry up to 2,500 people and will double up as screening center for migrants who will be allowed to stay there while they wait for temporary travel documents to leave the island of Kos and journey on to other parts of Europe.
This ferry will replace the island's main stadium where Greek authorities have issued documents to around 7,000 Syrians since Monday. The Greek police had been heavily criticized for locking over a thousand migrants into the stadium overnight - without food, shelter or access to toilets.
The Syrians are treated as refugees since they are fleeing their country's bitter civil war and therefore have greater rights under international law as compared to economic migrants.
Nearly 250,000 migrants have already crossed the Mediterranean into Europe this year and that number is expected to go up to quarter-of-a-million by the end of the month.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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