Greek Prime Minister Snaps About Refugees at a News Conference

  • Mitsotakis was flanked by Dutch leader Mark Rutte in Athens
  • He gave a heated response to a question on EU refugee policy

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis got into a public fight at a joint conference in Athens about his immigration policy and conditions on a refugee camp in the Greek island of Samos.

Standing next to Dutch leader Mark Rutte, Mitsotakis lost his cool when someone who identified herself as a journalist from Dutch media accused him of “lying” about what happens to illegal migrants arriving in Greece, often via Turkey. The usually soft-spoken Mitsotakis was visibly incensed and gave a long response that got angrier by the minute.