Violence is escalating at the EU’s external border between Greece and Turkey following Erdogan’s declaration of the borders to Greece as ‘open’.

According to as yet unconfirmed claims by the Turkish Ministry of the Interior, almost 78,000 migrants are said to have left Turkey for Greece in the last 48 hours, and international organisations say that up to 15,000 mostly Syrian migrants have gathered at the border crossings to Greece. Greece has set up strong police and military units at the border crossings to secure the border and prevent illegal entry. According to local media reports, migrants have now started to attack the Greek security forces, including with the use of teargas grenades. The teargas grenades fired by migrants at the Greek security forces are allegedly made by Turkish companies (photo above). As the official government spokesman Stelios Petsas explained, Greece had been confronted with and resisted an organised illegal mass attempt to violate the border. According to him, 66 invading migrants were arrested. According to reports, Greece is now also reported to have transferred naval vessels to the East Aegean, as migrants – with the support of Turkish authorities – are also trying to land illegally on Greek islands by sea from Turkey.

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