Photo Story: New clashes along Turkish-Greek land border

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Migrants clash with Greek police officers as they attempt to cross the closed-off Turkish-Greek border in a bid to reach European soil, in Edirne, Turkey, 04 March 2020.

Thousands of refugees and migrants are gathering on the Turkish side of the border with Greece with the intention of crossing into the European Union following the Turkish government’s decision to loosen controls on migrant flows after the death of 33 Turkish soldiers killed in an attack in Idlib, Syria, on 27 February 2020.

Refugees and migrants gather at Turkish-Greek land border
Migrants carry a wounded man and run from tear gas employed by Greek polic officers as they attempt to cross the closed-off Turkish-Greek border in a bid to reach European soil, in Edirne, Turkey, 04 March 2020. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

 

Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

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