Migrant clashes break out in Greek camp

(Vatican Radio)  Clashes broke out in a temporary migrant camp in Greece on Thursday night because of overcrowding as people are being blocked from further entry into the EU.

Listen to John Carr's report:

Middle Eastern migrants came to blows in a temporary shelter here in Athens Thrusday night because of overcrowding.

The police were called in to quell the unrest that broke out at a former Olympic wrestling venue that has stood empty since the 2004 Games.  The hall is quickly running out of space as hundreds of migrants are bused into Athens each day after being turned back at the Macedonian border.

The feeling here in Athens is that the Greek government has lost control of the migration problem. 

Officials insist they have a policy in place, but no-one quite knows what it is. 

Greece this week came under sharp criticism from the European Union for failing to fingerprint some 370,000 migrants who washed ashore on the islands this year. The unspoken fear is that more jihadis could have slipped in among them.

As more frustrated migrants linger in Athens in the cold weather, the unrest is expected to intensify.