One dead as migrants cross into Greece via border river
Date
4/17/2022 10:03:53 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
A woman was killed by gunfire on Saturday evening as migrants
and refugees were trying to enter Greece via the Evros river on the
northern land border with Turkey, Greek authorities said on Sunday,
Trend reports
citing XInhua.
Greek Police border guards retrieved the body from the water
after five asylum seekers had reached the Greek side by boat,
according to a press statement issued by the citizen protection
ministry.
The Greek border guards were shouting to the group to return to
Turkey when gunfire was heard and they also fired in the air,
according to the ministry.
Among the survivors who said that they had paid smugglers 2,000
euros (2,162 U.S. dollars) each to enter Greece is a minor, the
statement added.
Over a million people fleeing warzones and extreme poverty have
reached Greece, mainly from Turkey since 2015. Most continued their
journey to other European countries until the closure of the Balkan
route in 2016. Although the number of new arrivals dropped in
recent years, still thousands every year risk their lives to reach
Europe.
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