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British woman mistaken for refugee abused by Greek cops

A BRITISH woman was “still shaking” days after she and her family were harassed and subjected to racist abuse by Greek police officers who mistook them for refugees.

Mina Farrokh (not her real name), who left Iran 30 years ago and now lives in Greece, says she, her husband and their baby son were asked for documents at the port in Lesbos when they passed through last weekend.

Detailing the racist incident in a now deleted Facebook post yesterday, Ms Farrokh said the officers did not believe she was British and told her to “stand with the rest of your people, the refugees.”

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