ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Greek police reportedly wounded three Kurdish migrants Saturday in clash between security troops and displaced people, the brother of one of the wounded told Rudaw.
“This morning, a clash broke out between Greek police and migrants, during which three people from [the] Kurdistan [region] have been wounded,” the brother said under condition of anonymity.
The source said the wounded Kurds were from the Kurdistan region’s city of Ranya. A migrant from Afghanistan has also been wounded during the clash, he said.
In the last few months waves of people from Middle Eastern countries especially Syria and Iraq have illegally crossed borders and travelled to Europe through Turkey and Greece.
Iraq’s Kurdistan region has also faced an influx of migrants from Syria and Arab regions of Iraq since the war with ISIS broke out in Iraq on 2014. There are no governmental statistics on the number of people who left the region.
“This morning, a clash broke out between Greek police and migrants, during which three people from [the] Kurdistan [region] have been wounded,” the brother said under condition of anonymity.
The source said the wounded Kurds were from the Kurdistan region’s city of Ranya. A migrant from Afghanistan has also been wounded during the clash, he said.
In the last few months waves of people from Middle Eastern countries especially Syria and Iraq have illegally crossed borders and travelled to Europe through Turkey and Greece.
Iraq’s Kurdistan region has also faced an influx of migrants from Syria and Arab regions of Iraq since the war with ISIS broke out in Iraq on 2014. There are no governmental statistics on the number of people who left the region.
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