Pro-migrant activists jumped into the water off the Greek island of Lesbos in an attempt to prevent a migrant ship setting sail for Turkey. They
ADVERTISEMENTPro-migrant activists jumped into the water off the Greek island of Lesbos in an attempt to prevent a migrant ship setting sail for Turkey.
They dangled from the ship’s anchor chain before being hoisted out of the water by the Greek coastguard.
Forty-five Pakistani migrants boarded the boat for the second journey carried out under a controversial EU-Turkey deal to stem mass irregular migration to Europe.
This is the first of two such sailings to Turkey on Friday.
The police move the refugees from the port to another place, the locals clap and scream Bravo #Chios#refugeesgrpic.twitter.com/erV91Y5ySa
— Daniel Rivas (@drivaspacheco) April 7, 2016
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Meanwhile conditions at this makeshift migrant camp at Idomeni have been at breaking point.
Scuffles broke out as migrants tried to break through a border fence.
Doctors say the conditions here pose a health risk to the 4-thousand children here, the majority of whom are under five.