The migrants, mainly from Africa, reportedly started to throw stones at law enforcers, retook the Haitian national from police officers and set the shelters and containers on fire, blocking the fire fighting vehicles from entering the camp.
As a result of the clashes, five containers were completely burned, while three other were severely damaged. The migrants also burned a large tent for inhabitants of the camp, according to the news agency. Hundreds of people were reportedly forced to leave the camp.
Over 4,100 undocumented migrants and refugees coming from Turkey are accommodated on Lesbos now while all Greek islands host more than 14,500 displaced people.
Europe has been beset by a massive refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees fleeing their home countries in the Middle East and North Africa to escape violence and poverty.
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