The Latest: Greek racism probe over refugee lessons protest

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 file photo, migrants crowd onto a wooden boat as they wait to be rescued by members of an ONG at the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. When the camera’s viewfinder is in “night vision” mode, a hidden world appears that is invisible to the naked eye in the darkness of night. Bathed in green, the view is even more dreamlike _ or nightmarish. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File) FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 file photo, migrants crowd onto a wooden boat as they wait to be rescued by members of an ONG at the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. When the camera’s viewfinder is in “night vision” mode, a hidden world appears that is invisible to the naked eye in the darkness of night. Bathed in green, the view is even more dreamlike _ or nightmarish. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

By Associated Press September 14, 2016 6 min read

BRUSSELS (AP) – The Latest on Europe’s migration crisis (all times local):

6:35 p.m.

Greek authorities will investigate whether a parents’ association’s strong objections to planned lessons for refugee children at a northern primary school constitute a breach of anti-racism laws.

A Thessaloniki prosecutor was also instructed Wednesday to look into allegations that officials made racist comments during a local council meeting on the issue.

The parents’ association at a school in Oraiokastro, a suburb of Thessaloniki, has threatened to occupy the school in protest if the government tries to go ahead with the plan. A spokesman cited fears children from nearby refugee camps could transmit diseases such as tuberculosis to their own offspring.