Members of an immigrant support network say that 15 immigrants who have been on hunger strike for 35 days have been taken to an Athens hospital showing signs of extreme exhaustion.
Petros Yiotis of the Solidarity Initiative committee said Sunday those hospitalized have been also refusing water and other beverages recently.
They are part of a group of some 300 immigrants who were forced out of the premises of the Athens Law School in January and were living in a private property.
Those protesting are mostly from north African countries already working without permit in Greece and are demanding that they are given residence permits, an appeal rejected by the government.
Greece is grappling with a high number of immigrants reaching its borders and has asked the European Union help in stemming the flow.
source: AP
