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Povicima "vratite se u Tursku" skupina stanovnika grčkog otoka Lezbos spriječila je u nedjelju pedesetak migranata da pristanu svojim plovilom u luku nakon sati provedenih u moru, javljaju fotografi novinske agencije France presse.
U luci Thermi, stanovnici su ogorčeni dolaskom nekoliko plovila te su spriječili migrante, među kojima je bilo i maloljetnika, da se iskrcaju, a izvikivali su pogrde lokalnom predstavniku Visokog povjereništva UN-a za izbjeglice (UNHCR).
![TOPSHOT - Migrants are seen on an inflatable boat as local residents prevent them from disembarking in Lesbos island, on March 1, 2020. - Greece said Sunday it has blocked nearly 10,000 migrants at its border with Turkey, which opened its gates to Europe as tensions mount over its deepening conflict in Syria.
Migrant numbers have swelled along the rugged frontier after Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it](https://static.jutarnji.hr/images/live-multimedia/binary/2020/3/1/19/AFP_1PH8I9-1.jpg)
![Migrants are seen on an inflatable boat as local residents prevent them from disembarking in Lesbos island, on March 1, 2020. - Greece said Sunday it has blocked nearly 10,000 migrants at its border with Turkey, which opened its gates to Europe as tensions mount over its deepening conflict in Syria.
Migrant numbers have swelled along the rugged frontier after Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it](https://static.jutarnji.hr/images/live-multimedia/binary/2020/3/1/19/AFP_1PH8L3.jpg)
![Migrants are seen on an inflatable boat as local residents prevent them from disembarking in Lesbos island, on March 1, 2020. - Greece said Sunday it has blocked nearly 10,000 migrants at its border with Turkey, which opened its gates to Europe as tensions mount over its deepening conflict in Syria.
Migrant numbers have swelled along the rugged frontier after Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it](https://static.jutarnji.hr/images/live-multimedia/binary/2020/3/1/19/AFP_1PH8L6.jpg)
Neki su se stanovnici okomili na novinare i fotografe, udarajući ih i bacajući im aparate u more, piše AFP.
![A journalist (C) receives help from a woman as he is attacked by residents who are trying to prevent migrants from disembarking on the Greek island of Lesbos, on March 1, 2020. - The United Nation called on March 1 for calm and urged states to refrain from](https://static.jutarnji.hr/images/live-multimedia/binary/2020/3/1/19/AFP_1PH9CL.jpg)
![TOPSHOT - A journalist (R) is attacked by residents who are trying to prevent migrants from disembarking on the Greek island of Lesbos, on March 1, 2020. - The United Nation called on March 1 for calm and urged states to refrain from](https://static.jutarnji.hr/images/live-multimedia/binary/2020/3/1/19/AFP_1PH9CD-1.jpg)
![A journalist (R) receives assistance from two women after being attacked by residents who are trying to prevent migrants from disembarking on the Greek island of Lesbos, on March 1, 2020. - The United Nation called on March 1 for calm and urged states to refrain from](https://static.jutarnji.hr/images/live-multimedia/binary/2020/3/1/19/AFP_1PH9CN.jpg)
Na cesti za prenapučeni izbjeglički logor Moria u kojem je smješteno više od 19.000 migranata, druga skupina stanovnika opskrbljena lancima i kamenjem pokušaja je spriječiti policijski autobus koji je prevozio potražitelje azila pristigle u nedjelju da došu do prijemne kancelarije i zatraže azil, prenijela je grčka agencija ANA.
Jedan je policajac pritom lakše ozlijeđen, navodi isti izvor.
„Get out of here“ locals scream: little children on boat w came to Turkey are stunned, all aboard silent There’s police and coast guard simply watching #Lesvos #Turkey @derspiegel pic.twitter.com/x2oRsTbsyA
— Giorgos Christides (@g_christides) March 1, 2020
Službena Ankara objavila je u petak da više neće zadržavati migrante koji pokušavaju doći u Europsku uniju, nakon ofenzive sirijske vojske na položaje proturskih pobunjenika u Idlibu, pogibije 33 turska vojnika i prema predsjedniku Recepu Tayyipu Erdoganu mlake reakcije NATO-a na činjenicu da je Turska, njezina članica, pretrpjela takav gubitak.
Agencija AFP prenosi pozivajući se na svoje podatke da je najmanje 500 migranata pristalo u nedjelju ujutro na grčke otoke. Četiri plovila sa 120 osoba pristalo je na otok Hios, a dva plovila s 80 migranata do otoka Samosa, navodi ANA.
Grčke obalne straže navode da je 180 migranata stiglo u subotu na otoke Lezbos i Samos unatoč snažnim vjetrovima, čime su prešli morsku granicu između Turske i Grčke.
Stotine stanovnika Lezbos prosvjedovale su krajem veljače protiv gradnje novog prihvatnog centra za migrante, tražeći da se otok vrati lokalnom stanovništvu, a bilo je i sukoba s policijom.
Grčka je bila ulazna europska zemlja za tisuće migranata 2015. i 2016., a već je preko 40 tisuća migranata smješteno na egejskim otocima gdje žive u prenapučenim kampovima i teškim uvjetima. Otočani tvrde da snose nesrazmjeran teret te zahtijevaju izgradnju prihvatnih kampova drugdje u Grčkoj.