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The police smashed protesters with tear gas as the European migrant crisis continues to escalate into violence. Tense scenes unfolded on the 'migrant hotspot' island of Chios, on the same night a violent brawl broke out in a German city between migrants and locals. The demonstration blamed the growing crime rate on the nearby migrant camp.

IG Locals are angry over the rising number of petty crimes they say are committed by stranded migrants

Protesters voiced anger at the Greek government’s handling of the migrant crisis, which has left the cramped camp in Chios a whopping three times over capacity. Enraged locals vented their anger at the rising number of petty crimes alleged to be committed by the stranded migrants. They demanded authorities deport the 3,500 refugees and migrants held on the island immediately. Riot police were deployed in the evening to keep a furious crowd of 800 people away from the two camps.

Some of the migrants hit back at the locals, throwing rocks at them

Officers fired tear gas when the protesters attempted to smash through the police cordon and reach the camps. Video footage of the clashes filmed the locals chanting anti-migrant slogans and singing the Greek national anthem. Four camp volunteers and a migrant were also briefly detained during the evening ordeal, according to the police. Some of the migrants hit back at the locals throwing rocks at the demonstrators.

IG Police fired tear gas when about 150 protesters marched to the island’s refugee camp

IG Chios is presently holding three times more than its official capacity

Journalists at the scene reported that the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was also involved in the protests. At least one journalist was hospitalised following clashes with the protesters. Locals called for another demonstration on this weekend. Earlier this week, migrants protested their living conditions by setting their mattresses ablaze.

Greek migrant crisis Tue, June 28, 2016 Hundreds of migrants deported to Turkey, as part of EU-Turkey Refugee Deal. Play slideshow EPA 1 of 141 Greek Orthodox monk welcoming refugees arriving on a dinghy on a northeastern coast of the island of Lesvos, Greece