thousands of migrants, including families with young children, held last night at the border between Turkey and Greece. This was announced at the UN, citing data from the International organization for migration (IOM), where staff monitor the movement of flows of people from Istanbul and assist the needy.
By Saturday evening, according to the IOM, along the 212-kilometer border between Turkey and Greece has accumulated at least 13 thousand people. Turkish press writes about the tens of thousands. They are trying to get into Greece through two checkpoints - Pazarkule and Ipsala, some are looking for loopholes along the border, to cross it illegally. According to IOM, people move about in groups of from a dozen to three thousand.
From Istanbul, the migrants arrive at the border in the Turkish town of Edirne, in cars, taxis and buses
"From Istanbul, the migrants arrive at the border in the Turkish town of Edirne, in cars, taxis and buses," - said the head of IOM mission in Turkey Lado of quilava. According to him, mostly men, but among the arrivals, there are families with young children.
IOM Staff assist those who need help. "We give the families a box of Essentials, said quilava. The temperature at night dropped below zero, besides the cold wind blows".
From Istanbul to Edirne is three hours away. Buses usually follow with stops and migrants have the opportunity to buy food and water in the roadside shops. According to the IOM, on the night of Sunday to the border with Greece continued to arrive people.
Speaking at the General Assembly in September last year, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country in recent years took five million refugees, including 3 million 650 thousand from Syria. According to him, in eight years, Turkey has spent on the needs of refugees $ 40 billion.
