Protesters denouncing delays in dealing with their asylum claims set fire to facilities used by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday.<br /><br /> About 70 people, most from Pakistan and Bangladesh, threw rocks and burning blankets at containers inside the Moria camp, damaging a number of them.<br /><br /> Staff and migrants were safely evacuated. No injuries were reported but a number of arrests were made.<br /><br /> A spokesman for EASO said protesters had hurled petrol bombs while interviews with asylum-seekers were taking place. <br /><br /> EASO staff had evacuated the camp.<br /><br /> “They burnt our offices this morning … The process will not resume for the time being,” he said. <br /><br /> “We have to evaluate security issues and in our view we need more presence of Greece police to be in place.”<br /><br /> A no of EASO mobile office were today damaged in Moria. All staff & migrants r safe. EASO Ops in Moria suspended for today pic.twitter.com/6OreZTrkVN— EASO (@EASO) 24 octobre 2016<br /><br /> Unrest has broken out before among asylum seekers with more than 15,000 living in overcrowded camps on Greek islands close to Turkey, with which the EU has struck a deal to stem the flow.<br /><br /> To avoid being sent back to Turkey under that accord, many migrants have claimed asylum in Greece but they wait for weeks or months for their applications to be processed on a case by case basis.<br /><br /> with Reuters<br />
