KASTANIES (AFP) - Greece was on a state of alert Sunday (Mar 1) as it faced an influx of thousands of migrants seeking to cross the border from Turkey, with locals fearing a new immigration crisis.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KASTANIES - Greece was on a state of alert Sunday as it faced an influx of thousands of migrants seeking to cross the border from Turkey, with locals fearing a new immigration crisis.
The flow of migrants from Turkey has triggered EU fears of a re-run of the 2015 migrant emergency when Greece became the main EU entry point for one million migrants, most of them refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war. "There are thousands at the border and there is no return route for them," he told AFP Greek police have been attempting to maintain calm and keep the tide of migrants at bay, on Sunday using water cannon on them.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called an emergency meeting with his foreign affairs and defence team for Sunday evening to carve out a strategy."We are protecting the borders of Greece and Europe with a firm hand", Alkiviadis Stefanis said in an interview in Skai TV. Despite Greece's efforts, a number of boats full of migrants arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos early Sunday.
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