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Municipality takes action to evict police from Amydaleza

Municipality takes action to evict police from Amydaleza

The Municipality of Acharnes in eastern Attica has begun procedures to evict Greek police from a piece of land in the area of Amygdaleza which currently hosts police academy facilities and a detention center for undocumented migrants.

According to documents produced by Acharnes Mayor Yiannis Kassavos, the Athens Appeals Court had ruled in 1991 that the 36.3 hectares in question – part of a larger, 5,200-hectare piece of land – should be handed back to its legal owner, the municipality.

The ruling was never implemented, prompting the municipality to take legal action in 2013. However, a compromise was struck in 2015 whereby the police would pay the municipality 550,000 euros a year over a 15-year period.

Kassavos told Skai on Tuesday that none of that money has been paid.

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