A thousand migrants wanted to break through on the ferry on the island of Lesbos. To appease the refugees, the Greek police were forced to use stun grenades.

The Greek authorities are shocked by the influx of refugees, who flooded the country. They want to keep coming by the area of the EU, but to do it in a peaceful method is not always possible. To reassure migrants that tried to break the ferry Blue Star 1 on the island of Lesbos, had to use force.

Police used stun grenades against the crowd which had gathered in the port of Mytilene, tells RIA Novosti news Agency referring to the Athens news Agency. Illegals, among which were mainly people from Afghanistan, was on duty in the Greek port for a few days.

About 08:00 on 4 September about a thousand workers with cries of "Athens! Athens!" would break on the ferry. The police managed to prevent the capture of the vessel, raising the entrance ramp.

Note that the Greek authorities ferries carry people from the Islands to the mainland powers. September 4 morning ferry "Eleftherios Venizelos" were taken to the port of Piraeus 2.5 thousand people with 4 Islands of the Aegean sea.

With all this, from time to time, refugees are aggressive and come into the fight with the local inhabitants, develops into a massive shambles. This situation worries the authorities in power. In this regard, on the island of KOs profit Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and the European Commissioner for migration Dimitris Avramopoulos.

To the best knowledge of the authorities of Greece, the country with the beginning of the year moved more than 230 thousand people. Sharply higher in the last 2 months the flow of migrants mainly goes through 5 Islands: Lesvos come 50% of refugees in Chios - 14%, on Samos - 12%, CBS 28% off on Leros is a small portion of illegal immigrants.
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