Greece said on Tuesday it would move 2,000 asylum-seekers from the island of Lesbos to the mainland by the end of the month as pressure mounted on the government to ease overcrowding. Human rights groups and local authorities have criticized Greece for the poor conditions at the country’s biggest migrant camp, Moria, currently operating at almost three times its capacity. Source Daily Sabah
A patrol of the anti-crime brigade (BAC) was attacked by about twenty individuals during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, in Montereau-Fault-Yonne (Seine-et-Marne) . Five suspects were arrested. Source Actu17
About thirty individuals attacked the Sarcelles police station located on avenue du 8 mai 1945 around 7:30 p.m. The attackers fired fireworks mortars at the building. They also threw projectiles.
Other police stations have suffered the same type of attack in recent months. In particular that of Grand-Quevilly , near Rouen (Seine-Maritime) last month, or that of Cahors (Lot), attacked with Molotov cocktails in November. In Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), the Hautepierre police station was also attacked at the end of last year. Source Actu17
Greece is ready to welcome British tourists this summer regardless of whether they have had a coronavirus vaccine, Tourism Minister Harry Theocharis was quoted as saying on Thursday. Source Ekathimerini