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Sunday, March 15, 2020

Greece Erects Massive Concrete Blocks On Border To Halt Migrant Wave From Turkey

Source: www.zerohedge.com - Sunday, March 15, 2020 Greece Erects Massive Concrete Blocks On Border To Halt Migrant Wave From Turkey As the rest of the globe is busy locking down borders amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Turkey has reportedly kept it migrant wave to the EU corridor open, resulting in continued chaos at Greek-Turkey border points, as desperate asylum seekers try any way possible to gain EU entry. This now includes not just an ongoing militarized response on the Greek side to keep thousands from crossing illegally, but reportedly now erecting huge concrete blocks at key land crossings. The completely shuttered border crossings with Turkey are beginning to resemble war zones akin to WWI trenches and fortifications : "Greece on Friday placed 5-foot concrete blocks at its Kastanies border crossing with Turkey to stop the entry of asylum seekers," Turkey's Anadolu Agency reports . For weeks since Erdogan said he had in an act of retribution aimed at uncooperative EU states 'opened the gates' on hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees from Idlib seeking entry into Europe, the border situation has seen running battles between throngs of migrants and Greek border guards. See the massive concrete blocks being put in place in the footage below, also fortified with barbed wire: Turkish media and officials have played up the 'violent' response by Greek security while downplaying and ignoring Turkey's leaders actively facilitating the confrontations : In the two weeks since asylum All Related


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