Turkey deployed 1,000 fully-equipped police along the Turkish-Greek land border, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in Edirne.
TROOPS WERE SEND TO PREVENT PUSH-BACKS
“We are bringing fully-equipped special police team of 1,000 throughout the Meriç River to prevent push-backs,” Soylu said in Turkey’s northwestern Edirne province, bordering Greece and Bulgaria.
Last week, Turkish officials announced they would no longer try to stop asylum seekers from reaching Europe. Since then, thousands of asylum seekers have flocked to Edirne, along the borders with Greece and Bulgaria, to make their way into Europe.
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The decision was made after 34 Turkish soldiers were martyred by Assad regime forces in Idlib, northwestern Syria last week.
Turkish special team of 1,000 police deployed on Greek border
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EDIRNE, TURKEY – MARCH 05: Turkey deployed 1,000 fully-equipped police along the Turkish-Greek land border, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on March 04, 2020 in Edirne. “We are bringing fully-equipped special police team of 1,000 throughout the Meric River to prevent push-backs,” Soylu said in Turkey’s northwestern Edirne province, bordering Greece and Bulgaria. Last week, Turkish officials announced they would no longer try to stop asylum seekers from reaching Europe. Since then, thousands of asylum seekers have flocked to Edirne, along the borders with Greece and Bulgaria, to make their way into Europe. The decision was made after 34 Turkish soldiers were martyred by Assad regime forces in Idlib, northwestern Syria last week. The Turkish soldiers were working to protect local civilians under a 2018 deal with Russia under which acts of aggression are prohibited in the region. Turkey, which already hosts some 3.7 million Syrian migrants, more than any country in the world, says it cannot absorb another refugee wave. Ankara has repeatedly complained that Europe has failed to keep its promises under the 2016 EU-Turkey refugee deal to help migrants and stem further migrant waves.
