Thursday, February 24, 2011

Prosecutor proposals criminal charges in law school takeover by illegal migrants

An appellate-level prosecutor has indicated that criminal acts were committed
during a takeover of an Athens Law School building last month by a group of more than 250 illegal migrants and their local supporters.

    Prosecutor Spyros Mouzakitis also proposed that misdemeanor charges of disorderly behaviour and vandalism of public property be filed against the illegals -- mostly from North African nationals ferried to Athens from Crete.

    Finally, the prosecutor recommended that charges be filed against the school's rector, Theodosis Pelegrinis, for dereliction of duty -- due to his delay in lifting the "university asylum" status so that law enforcement could enter the facility to remove the protesting and hunger-striking migrants.

    Migrants and their supporters proceeded with the takeover in order to demand that the Greek government unconditionally legalise all migrants in the country.


source: ANA-MPA