The media about the events in the city of Patra

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Almost 100 officers and riot police took part in an operation to clean out and flatten a makeshift camp for irregular immigrants next to the port of Patra, which resulted in dozens of migrants being moved elsewhere. Authorities said that they discovered 44 minors in the camp, as published in an article in the English edition of the Greek newspaper Kathimerini. For more information about the events in Patra, visit the following English language web sites.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100006_13/07/2009_108874

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8146597.stm

http://www.express.gr/news/news-in-english/190561oz_20090713190561.php3

http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/07/13/Afghan-refugees-threaten-to-overwhelm-EU/UPI-28881247490809/

http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=73B192F3-15C5-F00A-2587974E4A7705CA&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html