Greek villagers pounce on migrants who dare to breach border

Thousands of migrants and refugees have been camping out near the Greek border on the Turkish side, hoping to cross despite Greek insistence that its border is closed.
On the Greek side of the border, authorities were using locals with better knowledge of the terrain to apprehend those who manage to cross, either by cutting holes in the border fence or by crossing the Evros river _ Meric in Turkish _ that runs along most of the border.
"We were born here, we live here, we work here, we know the crossings better than anyone,'' said Panayiotis Ageladarakis, head of the community of the border village of Amorio.
"We sit on the crossings and they come. We arrest most of them, meaning we keep them there, we call the police and the police come and arrest them. Then it's a matter for the police, we aren't interested in where they take them,'' he said.-AP