Several hundred migrants stormed the Greek border with the support of Turkish police
Turkish police supported the attack of migrants with tear gas, the Greeks drove the gas to the Turkish side using fans.
This was reported by the Greek media, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The attack at the Castaneon border crossing began at approximately 2:30 a.m. and continued for two hours. According to the Greek side, about three to five hundred people took part in it. At the same time, the Turkish police once again took the side of the attackers, firing at the Greek border guards with tear gas grenades, which was recorded on video.
night attack on the Greek border
In turn, the Greek border guards again used fans installed on special vehicles, which drove the gas cloud back to the Turkish side.
Earlier, the Greek government decided to close all temporary migrant camps located on five islands in the Aegean Sea in connection with the coronavirus epidemic. Now these camps cannot be left, and no one will be allowed there, including representatives of international human rights organizations and European officials. All sick people in these camps will be required to be quarantined.
At the same time, about 450 migrants who were denied asylum in Greece were taken from the camp located on the island of Lesvos to the continent to a prison-type camp, from where they will be deported to their homeland. On March 1, Greece stopped accepting asylum applications from foreigners.
migrant boat that sank off the coast of a Greek island
Two days earlier, a ship carrying 193 migrants traveling from Turkey to Italy sank off the coast of Kea Island. All of its passengers, mostly men of military age, had to be accommodated on a Greek island in an abandoned hotel complex.
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