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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.

The Greek government has rushed in extra riot police to Lesvos amid warnings of potentially explosive tensions on the island following clashes between thousands of migrants and police.

During the incidents caused by illegal migrants on the Greek island of Lesvos photographs were taken of a female Afghan protester attempting to take the pistol of a police officer.