Aid worker says situation out of control as migrants locked in stadium on Kos

More than 2,000 refugees in Kos have been locked in a stadium, after riot police struggled to contain crowds of recent migrant arrivals rounded up from makeshift camps around the Greek island.

Migrants and refugees are pushed as riot police try to maintain an orderly line during a registration procedure at the national stadium. Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters

Patrick Kingsley Migration correspondent, and Jon Henley in Athens
Wednesday 12 August 2015

On Wednesday afternoon, after being locked inside for about 18 hours, the mostly Syrian and Afghan refugees were fainting at a rate of four each hour, aid workers said.

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Aid Worker Says Situation Out of Control as Migrants Locked in Stadium on Kos by Thavam Ratna