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A migrant woman carries a toddler near Skala Sykamineas on the Greek Lesbos island after crossing the Aegean sea between Turkey and Greece on March 01, 2020. Greece has blocked nearly 10,000 migrants trying to enter at the Turkey border over the past 24 hours, a Greek government source said Sunday. "From 0600 (0400 GMT) Saturday morning to 0600 Sunday morning, 9,972 illegal entrances have been averted in the Evros area," a government source said, referring to the northeastern region along the Turkey border.
March 1st, 2020 - 12:03 GMT

Euro Border Police Frontex Raise Red Alert as Turkey Threatens to Open Gates to Refugees

The European Union border force Frontex has announced that it is on "high alert" across all the bloc’s borders with Turkey, and aims to provide further support to Greece as thousands of migrants seek to enter the continent through the southeastern European country. "We have raised the alert level for all borders with Turkey to high," the Frontex spokeswoman said in a statement to AFP on Sunday, adding that, "We ...
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