KASTANIES/LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – Greece has actually repulsed nearly 35,000 migrants trying to cross onto its area unlawfully because Turkey opened its border nearly a week back, government sources said on Thursday, as it prepares to deport numerous others who made it through.
Migrants, who become part of a group who got here in the previous days after crossing part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece, await an identification process prior to being transported to the mainland on a Greek Navy vessel from the port of Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, March 5,2020 REUTERS/Elias Marcou
Countless migrants have actually produced Greece considering that Ankara said on Feb. 28 that it would let migrants cross its borders into Europe, breaking a commitment to hold them on its area under a 2016 handle the European Union.
Hundreds have made it into Greece, many by sea to Lesbos and other Greek islands. Ankara and Athens are accusing each other of using excessive force in the border location, where migrants have encountered security forces in current days.
The scenario at the Kastanies border crossing, where Greek and Turkish riot cops both utilized tear gas on Wednes