Posted on 03/05/2020 3:21:31 PM PST by BenLurkin
Turkey says it is deploying 1,000 police officers to its land border with Greece to halt the pushback of migrants into Turkey.
Thousands of migrants and refugees, desperate to get into the EU, remain in the border zone. Greek guards have fired tear gas to stop them entering.
The extra Turkish police are going to the Meric river (called Evros in Greek) on the border, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said.
The EU has condemned Turkey's policy.
The Greek government says that since early Saturday its forces have prevented the illegal entry of 34,778 people and arrested 244.
Syrians, Afghans, Pakistanis and West Africans are among the migrants at the border.
The River Evros is now heavily fortified, with Greek security personnel positioned on every few metres, a BBC correspondent reports.
Top EU officials have visited the area, which serves as the bloc's south-eastern border, promising financial help to Greece to step up security.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described Greece as a "European shield", using the Greek world aspida.
The EU's Frontex border agency plans to deploy extra guards and equipment to help Greek police.
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Why is it ok for the Euros and not for us, again?
Throw them back into Turkey with a trebuchet.
If they expire, say that’s not “our problem”, that it’s up to Turkey to ensure their safe arrival.
Sounds like the start of a war to me.
Erdogan is looking to “reclaim” the former Ottoman empire, he thinks he is Enver Pasha returned.
I just hope that Greece can do a little better against Erdogan than they did Xerxes.
Greeks and Turks sit around thinking of vague reasons to shoot each other. They have entertained themselves, like this, for a thousand years.
Oh this is rich... Erdogan sets up feeding stations on his side of the river to send them on their way to Greece with full bellies.....but gets his pants in a knot and calls out his troops because Greece is sending them back....LoL
The Greeks should use whatever military force is necessary to prevent their country from being invaded.
Yep. I’ve been saying for a couple of years now that the only difference between Erdogan and ISIS, is their choice of who gets to be Caliph... Erdogan wants it to be himself.
They’re economic migrants not refugees....they should all just go back to their homes.
What is our obligation when one NATO nation attacks another NATO nation?
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...asking for a friend...
And more than economic migrants, they are Hegira invaders / Caliphate soldiers. I’ll wager that in reality they are 80% military aged males, with a few women and children paraded before the media as camouflage.
Right now I can overlook that.
They’re actually FIGHTING BACK
Send as many forces to the border as necessary.
Lots and lots and lots of razor wire and land mines.
Erdogan knows the only way he can send an army of Isis into Europe is by flooding them in with the migrants and refugees.
The Islamification of Europe continues.......
How did that turn out before?
Uh, the Greeks beat Xerxes at Salamis and Platea.
Turkey shares a border with EU member Bulgaria. Is it doing the same thing to Bulgaria as Greece?
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