More than one thousand residents and asylum-seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos took to the streets on Tuesday night to protest the European Union’s closed border policy.<br /><br /> The island of Lesbos has been the gateway to Europe for refugees coming from Asia and the Middle East trying to reach Western Europe.<br /><br /> But since the March agreement between the EU and Turkey, people who arrived on the islands after 20 March are sent back to Turkey,<br /><br /> As a result more than 500 people have been deported to Turkey, while more than 6,000 are stuck in Lesbos as they are slowly processed.<br /><br /> People also protested their treatment on the island – with some claiming they were the subject of racist attacks.<br />
