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Greece: 5 hurt in violence at migrant detention camp

A stranded migrant stands under a tree in a field by a makeshift camp at Idomeni border station on the Greek side of the border with Macedonia, photographed through a fence from the Macedonian side of the border line, Thursday, March 31, 2016. More than 50,000 migrants remain stranded in Greece following border restrictions and closures by Austria and Balkan nations. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) A stranded migrant stands under a tree in a field by a makeshift camp at Idomeni border station on the Greek side of the border with Macedonia, photographed through a fence from the Macedonian side of the border line, Thursday, March 31, 2016. More than 50,000 migrants remain stranded in Greece following border restrictions and closures by Austria and Balkan nations. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

By Associated Press April 1, 2016 1 min read

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Authorities on the Greek island of Chios say five people were injured and treated in hospital following clashes between Syrian and Afghan migrants at an overcrowded detention camp.

The clashes early Friday are the latest in a series of violent incidents at shelters and gathering points across Greece, where more than 50,000 migrants and refugees are stranded following Balkan border closures supported by the European Union.

Greece has been detaining migrants who arrived after March 20 and will begin deporting them back to Turkey next week, under an EU-Turkey agreement on migration.

The deportations will start with migrants with asylum claims considered inadmissible – a group likely to include citizens of Afghanistan.