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(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, 10 FEB - Greece s government has
condemned a hostile reception received by Migration Minister
Notis Mitarakis on a visit to the Evros land border checkpoint
and refugee reception center in the region of Orestiada in the
country s northwest.
Mitarakis, who visited the area on Monday, is leading a
controversial plan to increase the capacities of the local
reception and identification center for asylum seekers and the
pre-departure detention facility.
And under a tight police escort, Mitarakis was met with a
hail of stones, firecrackers, eggs and plastic cups of coffee as
local residents gathered to express their strong opposition to