
Migrants clash with Greek police on the buffer zone Turkey-Greece border, at Pazarkule, in Edirne district, on February 29, 2020
Thousands of people in Turkey rushed to the border with Greece after the government in Ankara announced this week that it will no longer stop them. Athens responded by closing the border crossing and deploying riot police and soldiers to halt the wave.
Around 9,600 attempts were made to cross the border on Saturday alone, Greek Deputy Defense minister Alkiviadis Stefanis told the media. The UN's International Organization for Migration estimated that as many as 13,000 people flocked to the border area in Turkey's Edirne province.














Comment: Greece appears to be more successful than not in turning back the refugees Turkey has cynically dumped on their border. This woman sends a warning message to those who are contemplating the trip.
Thousands of migrants try to cross border to Europe as Erdogan says Turkey will no longer 'close the gates'