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Russia on Tuesday said that Turkey was trying to push 130,000 refugees from Syria into Greece, the Interfax news agency cited the Defence Ministry as saying.

According to media reports from Thrace, tensions prevailed throughout the Evros border region overnight. The police, reinforced by new forces, responded by throwing tear gas to try to intercept them.

The immigrants, who are accommodated in the Reception and Identification Center of the island, assaulted the local hospitals and "looted" from wheelchairs, washing machines and refrigerators to cardiographers, ultrasound scanners and surgical scissors! This is not the first time immigrants have reported incidents of violence, but this is truly unprecedented.