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A total of 10 asylum seekers were arrested and six more are wanted for the violent incidents that broke out on Holy Saturday at the VIAL hotspot on Chios island.

Three asylum seekers were arrested as responsible for the violent incidents that broke out on Saturday at VIAL hotspot on Chios. Police said that a large number of people are detained.

The Migration and Asylum Ministry will gradually transfer 2,380 vulnerable asylum seekers and their families from the reception and identification centres of Lesvos, Chios, Kos, Samos and Leros to accommodation facilities on the Greek mainland, due to the coronavirus pandemic.