Karakachanov: The situation on the Greek border is very difficult

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Karakachanov: The situation on the Greek border is very difficult

Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis announced on Sunday that he has suspended the examination of new asylum applications for a month

 

 

 

At the Greek border, the situation is extremely difficult. This was stated by the Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov.

They have officially declared the area a target for military training, ie they are deploying an army and there are literally battles. You see ugly scenes. Some of the illegal immigrants are throwing objects, smoky gas bombs at the Greek authorities, "Karakachanov said.

He said he witnessed "disgusting sights" in YouTube, where migrants heat their children on fire to cry.

"Greece has the right to defend itself," the defense minister said, adding that against this backdrop, the Bulgarian-Turkish border remains very calm.

Meanwhile, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that

Greece has no legal basis to suspend asylum procedures

in an attempt to stop thousands of migrants entering Turkey from its territory.

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"Neither the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees nor EU refugee law provides any legal basis for suspending the receipt of asylum applications," the agency said in a statement quoted by AFP.

Late last week, Turkey opened its borders to asylum seekers in the EU, effectively terminating the EU agreement with 2016. The agency recalls that it has largely stopped the flow of Syrians, Afghans, Iranians, Iraqis and others who flooded Greece. in 2015

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Monday that he is allowing "millions" of migrants to travel to Europe, trying to pressure Western countries to support his military operation in Syria.

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Greece has deployed its armed forces at the border with Turkey to prevent migrants from moving there.

Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis announced on Sunday that he has suspended the examination of new asylum applications for a month.

Tired and frozen migrants trying to enter Greece told AFP and other media that Greek border guards used tear gas and fired a warning to stop them from crossing Greek territory.

UNHCR states that "all countries have the right to control their borders and to manage illegal movement, but at the same time (they) must refrain from using excessive or disproportionate force and maintain asylum processing systems in good working order. ".

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A statement from the commissariat said that only the EU as a bloc could decide on urgent asylum measures used by Greece, not Athens itself. "The internationally recognized right of asylum cannot be terminated," the statement said.

The UN has called for increased international aid to Greece and Turkey

to deal with migrants already on their territory, as well as new asylum claims. The organization points to the dire situation in and around Idlib province, a major theater of heightened conflict in Syria that calls for "emergency action" on the nearly one million civilians fleeing their homes.