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Greece and Bulgaria crack down on Turkish borders as refugees arrive

Move appears designed to put pressure on Europe to support Turkey’s Idlib operation

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul and Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Fri 28 Feb 2020 12.01 EST

First published on Fri 28 Feb 2020 04.06 EST

Hundreds of refugees in Turkey began arriving at the country’s borders with Greece and Bulgaria on Friday after Ankara suddenly indicated it would no longer block their passage to Europe.

The move prompted both neighbouring nations to shore up their borders as their governments insisted they would not allow anyone to enter. Greek police used smoke grenades at one border crossing, while Bulgaria sent an extra 1,000 troops to its frontier with Turkey.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/28/tensions-rise-between-turkey-and-russia-after-killing-of-troops-in-syria