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The participants in the meeting discussed the serious problem of illegal immigrants in central Athens, which the government promised to solve through the construction of reception centres in the country. Sharp reactions followed the announcement of the government's plan. "I understand that some mayors set people against the establishment of centres to ensure their reelection at the next election. The state is obliged to explain to local communities that immigrants will remain in the centres for a period of time while their application for refugee status is considered or until a decision on their expulsion is taken," said the head of the UN General Secretariat in Greece George Tsarbopoulos. He stressed that measures for the immigration need to be taken and that in Athens there are "neo-Nazi groups, involving citizens who have nothing to do with their extreme views, but do not know how to react to the phenomenon."