Greece blocks migrant swell at Turkey borderSome 13,000 migrants have amassed at the Turkey-Greece border, including families with young children who spent the night in the cold. PAZARKULE, Turkey: Greece said Sunday it has blocked nearly 10,000 migrants at its border with Turkey, which opened its gates to Europe as tensions mount over its deepening conflict in Syria. An estimated additional 2,000 migrants arrived at the Pazarkule border gate Sunday, including Afghans, Syrians and Iraqis, according to an AFP reporter. "We are protecting the borders of Greece and Europe with a firm hand", Alkiviadis Stefanis said in an interview in Skai TV on Sunday. Turkish drone strikes also killed 26 Syrian soldiers on Saturday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Source: Bangkok Post March 01, 2020 11:26 UTC