MOSCOW (Sputnik) – France expresses solidarity with Greece and Bulgaria and is ready to offer assistance to protect borders from arriving migrants, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
On Sunday, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said that the situation with migrants on the country’s northeastern border with Turkey presented a threat to the national security. The spokesman added that Greece would stop accepting asylum requests for a month and expedite repatriations of migrants coming to the country illegally.
The stampede near the northeastern Greek town of Kastanies was triggered by the Turkish announcement on Saturday that it had opened its borders to Europe to Syrian refugees citing the lack of promised assistance as the reason.
On Saturday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara opened borders to Europe, citing lack of aid from Brussels. Tens of thousands of migrants who have recently been in Turkey moved towards the country’s border with Greece and Bulgaria. Greece, in its turn, shut its borders and sent military equipment to prevent migrants from entering the country.
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