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Fighting broke out between a group of Asian migrants on the Greek island of Kos today.
Riot police did nothing as 50 asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran threw rocks and exchanged blows near a passenger ship where hundreds of migrants were being registered.
Hundreds of Asian migrants were stood near the police station when the brawl broke out, possibly because they have little chance of being processed on the Eleftherios Venizelos.
The Greek authorities are giving priority to Syrians. They are treated as refugees because they are fleeing their country's bitter civil war and therefore have greater rights under international law than economic migrants.
News of the outbreak in Kos comes as experts claim nearly 250,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean into Europe this year and that number will top quarter-of-a-million by the end of the month.
Rival chants of 'Pakistan', 'Afghanistan' and 'Iran' were heard on the quayside as the brawl erupted. At least one migrant was kicked to the ground and others wandered the streets with blood on their faces following the fight.
Other members of the crowd - including 300 Syrians who were waiting to be processed - moved into the shade as the fighting continued for several minutes.
The riot police officers, who were drafted in earlier this week to reinforce local officers, watched from the sidelines.
'We didn't intervene because our priority is to protect the police station,' one riot policeman said.
They later used their batons to beat back a large crowd of Iranian refugees who attempted to break the police line which was blocking the entrance to the police station.
Meanwhile, migrants continue to arrive from the Turkish mainland, which lies within sight of Kos. The coast guard has rescued 212 people from four dinghies on the island's north-eastern coast.
What a lovely site....They leave their countries, they start fighting on the doorsteps of Europe (disgracing themselves), and they have the nerve to chant the names of the countries they abandoned. Oh the irony....
There is a video link in the article with the crowd chanting "Iran, Iran, Iran Akbar, Iran Akbar".
Real Iranians would mock such people.
New chaos on Kos as Pakistanis, Afghans and Iranians throw fists and rocks | Daily Mail Online
Riot police did nothing as 50 asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran threw rocks and exchanged blows near a passenger ship where hundreds of migrants were being registered.
Hundreds of Asian migrants were stood near the police station when the brawl broke out, possibly because they have little chance of being processed on the Eleftherios Venizelos.
The Greek authorities are giving priority to Syrians. They are treated as refugees because they are fleeing their country's bitter civil war and therefore have greater rights under international law than economic migrants.
News of the outbreak in Kos comes as experts claim nearly 250,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean into Europe this year and that number will top quarter-of-a-million by the end of the month.
Rival chants of 'Pakistan', 'Afghanistan' and 'Iran' were heard on the quayside as the brawl erupted. At least one migrant was kicked to the ground and others wandered the streets with blood on their faces following the fight.
Other members of the crowd - including 300 Syrians who were waiting to be processed - moved into the shade as the fighting continued for several minutes.
The riot police officers, who were drafted in earlier this week to reinforce local officers, watched from the sidelines.
'We didn't intervene because our priority is to protect the police station,' one riot policeman said.
They later used their batons to beat back a large crowd of Iranian refugees who attempted to break the police line which was blocking the entrance to the police station.
Meanwhile, migrants continue to arrive from the Turkish mainland, which lies within sight of Kos. The coast guard has rescued 212 people from four dinghies on the island's north-eastern coast.
What a lovely site....They leave their countries, they start fighting on the doorsteps of Europe (disgracing themselves), and they have the nerve to chant the names of the countries they abandoned. Oh the irony....
There is a video link in the article with the crowd chanting "Iran, Iran, Iran Akbar, Iran Akbar".
Real Iranians would mock such people.
New chaos on Kos as Pakistanis, Afghans and Iranians throw fists and rocks | Daily Mail Online