Greek police fired tear gas to repel hundreds of asylum seekers who are trying to cross the border from Turkey on Sunday, with thousands more behind them after Ankara relaxed curbs on their movement, SIA reports.
Refugees and migrants responded to being fired at with tear gas by throwing stones at Greek police, prompting clashes. The Greek government called the confrontations a threat to national security.
“Do not attempt to enter Greece illegally - you will be turned back,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Twitter after a security meeting on the situation.
It was the second straight day of clashes at the border crossing near the northeastern Greek town of Kastanies. Turkey said on Thursday it would let asylum seekers cross its borders into Europe, despite a commitment to hold them in its territory under a 2016 deal with the European Union.
Turkey’s turnabout came after an escalation of attacks on Syria's Idlib which has created a new wave of refugees.
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