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Anti-riot police forces have begun to withdraw from Lesvos and Chios on Thursday morning as the situation is out of control.

Tensions between the residents of the islands of Chios and Lesvos and the government are high, as local communities in both islands are staging dynamic protests against the government’s plans to construct closed refugee centres in areas it recently decided to requisite.

Thousands of Greeks have descend from every part of their islands in Chios and Lesvos to demonstrate against the uncontrolled flows of primarily illegal immigrants arriving from Turkey.