Thousands gather at Turkish border to cross into Greece

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EU border agency on ‘high alert’ as Turkish president Erdoğan keeps crossings open
The UN has said 13,000 people have gathered to cross into Greece from Turkey following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s vow to keep open his western borders for migrants and refugees seeking to travel into the EU.
With the crisis escalating, Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, called a meeting of his national security council for Sunday evening. The EU’s border protection agency, Frontex, said it was on “high alert” and had deployed extra support to Greece. Continue reading...

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