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Locals Protest Detention Center in Northern Greece

Residents of a northern Greek town have erected barricades along a road leading to a disused army base to prevent it from being turned into the country’s first major detention center for illegal immigrants.
Residents of Neapoli, a town about 40 kilometers from the Albanian border, said Friday they would man the roadblocks round the clock to prevent construction crews from starting work.
The protest comes a day after Civil Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis said the base near the city of Kozani would be converted into the center and it would start operating mid-April, ahead of general elections expected in late April or early May. It is to house 1,000 illegal immigrants.
(source: AP)

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