Greece: Migrants protest at refugee camp as police prevent NGO from providing food

The migrants, most of them Syrian, repeatedly blocked a road outside the camp in the town of Oreokastro, a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city.

By: AP | Thessaloniki | Updated: June 26, 2016 8:23 am

Migrants at a refugee camp in northern Greece staged a successful protest against police restricting access to a non-governmental organisation that provided the camp with food they prefer to the bland official offerings.

The migrants, most of them Syrian, repeatedly blocked a road outside the camp on June 25 in the town of Oreokastro, a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city, in the afternoon and evening, shouting “We want Salam!” a reference to the head of the NGO providing the food. They finally retreated when police promised that the NGO would be granted access to the camp.

Salam Aldeen, a Danish citizen of Iraqi descent, is a co-founder of the NGO Team Humanity, which has been providing food to the more than 1,400 refugees in the camp.

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