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Greek government denies freedom of press for Idomeni evacuation operation

Newsroom May 24 02:48

Nearly 1,529 refugees and migrants have been relocated to the areas of Sindos and Derveni from Idomeni refugee camp on the northern borders of Greece and FYROM in the Greek police’s evacuation operation that started Tuesday.

Greek police released a video footage shot from their helicopter to mitigate the negative impressions created by the government’s decision to deny access to journalists to the evacuation. The Greek government has blocked all access to media outlets, except the state media (ERT and Athens News agency), which is ‘fed’ with ‘approved’ images and video footage.

 

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Pictures posted on Twitter show the place where a number of refugees will be transferred from Idomeni to Oraiokastro, Thessaloniki.

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Meanwhile, a foreign journalist attempted to break the 6km cordon disguising herself as a refugee and posted a photo on twitter captioned ‘Pressfreedom in Idomeni. This is my outfit to not get kicked out by greek police’. German newspaper ‘Bild’ correspondent Paul Ronzheimer managed to momentarily remain in the camp, despite the ban for journalists but was eventually removed by Greek police.

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