A migration crisis on the Turkish-Greek border erupted after Ankara announced it would no longer be preventing refugees from going through its territory to Europe in violation of previous agreements with the EU.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Thursday that Ankara will deploy 1,000 special operations police officers at EU border to prevent migrants’ pushback.
“Turkey will deploy 1,000 special operations police officers to prevent migrant pushback at the border,” the minister said as quoted in the Daily Sabah newspaper.
According to Soylu, Greece and EU border security agency Frontex pushed 4,900 migrants back to Turkey injuring 164.
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