KASTANIES/LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – Greek security forces utilized tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday versus numerous migrants trying to cross the border from Turkey, as Athens and Ankara implicated each other of lying about what was happening.
Soldiers stand guard as tear gas is being fired near the Turkey’s Pazarkule border crossing, in Kastanies, Greece March 4,2020 REUTERS/Florion Goga
More than 10,000 migrants have actually been attempting to breach the border considering that Turkey said last Thursday it would no longer comply with a 2016 handle the European Union to halt prohibited migration streams to Europe in return for billions of euros in aid.
Turkish officials stated Greek forces had killed a migrant on the verge on Wednesday, a claim denied by Greece.
Plumes of black smoke drifted above the Kastanies border crossing as Greek soldiers fired cautioning shots in the air.
A Reuters witness saw teargas cylinders being tossed from the Turkish side of the border toward Greek cops over a high razor wire. The Greek government later on released a video it stated showed Turkish border guards were firing the canisters.
Greece and the EU accuse Turkey of deliberately encouraging the migrants to try to cross the border as a method of pressing Brussels into using more money or su