Greek troops fire tear gas at migrants
Greek riot police and troops fired tear gas early on Wednesday at hundreds of migrants because they made another attempt to cross the border from Turkey into Greece.
The air was thick with smoke on both Greek and Turkish sides of the Kastanies border crossing, and fire engines were also accessible to place out smoldering blazes on the floor. Kastanies has been the scene of sometimes violent clashes between Greek security forces and migrants since last Friday, though tensions had eased on Tuesday as a number of the migrants left the immediate section of the border crossing.
More than 10,000 migrants have already been trying to breach the border since Turkey said last Thursday it would no longer follow a 2016 deal with europe to halt illegal migration flows to Europe in substitution for billions of euros in aid. Greece, backed by the EU, and Turkey have traded daily accusations about mistreatment of the migrants.
