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Greece's purge on illegal immigrants: Thousands are rounded up ready for deportation
The Greek authorities are rounding up thousands of suspected illegal immigrants in a large-scale deportation drive.
Up to 6,000 were detained over the weekend in Athens and more than 1,600 are to be deported in the next few days.
Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias said Greece could not afford an `invasion of immigrants'.
He blamed mass migration for bringing the country `to the brink of collapse'.
`The country is being lost, What is happening now is [Greece's] greatest invasion ever,' he said. `Whoever is arrested will be held and then deported.'
Many of those heading into the economically-fragile country are from Asia and Africa.
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