Greek police used tear gas to push back hundreds of migrants trying to cross the border with Turkey. Arrested 66 people who attempted to break into the territory of the country. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas, said: "Greece is faced with an organized, massive and illegal attempt to violate its borders, and it has withstood this attempt".
As reports Reuters, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that about 18 000 migrants are sent from Turkey to Europe. Speaking in Istanbul, he did not provide proof of this number, but said it will continue to grow.
Turkey said Thursday that it will no longer contain hundreds of thousands of refugees after the Israeli air strike on Idlib in Syria killed 33 Turkish soldiers. After that, crowds of migrants have gone to land and sea borders of Greece, which were the main gateway for hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers in Europe in 2015 and 2016.
"They (the workers) didn't come here alone. They go and are (our) neighbor Turkey," - said the Minister of public order of Greece Michalis Chrisochoidis.
the Crisis is the first serious political test for Prime Minister of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was elected in July and promised a tougher stance against immigration.
Previously coalsalesthat Greece, Bulgaria and Hungary to close its border with Turkey and are preparing to repel any attempts to break through the checkpoints of Syrian refugees.
