In the middle of the greatest crisis in many decades, and ahead of an impeding winter, the municipality of Athens has executed a plan of removing the benches at Klauthmonos square. These benches were used as basic shelter by homeless people. The number of the homeless has this winter sky-rocketed to over 20,000 – an unprecedented record number by Athenian standards.

Mainstream media footage of the operation:

http://youtu.be/6r45zkZcZBs