On Turkish-Greek border, desperate migrants find confusion and chaos.
Athens, backed by the E.U., now accuses Ankara of deliberately goading the migrants into trying to cross into Greece. Images of migrants being tear-gassed by Greek authorities have led some migrants to wait on the Turkish side of the border, fearing for their safety, they said.
In and around Erdine, hundreds of migrants have been sleeping on the ground on the bus station or in fields throughout the city and in the countryside.Abdulhameed Almohammad, 51, a doctor from Deir al-Zour, said he and his family were driving toward the border when Turkish police stopped the car and told them to walk the rest of the way.
Turkey has been tightening control of how this new move of migrants plays out in the media. Journalists are no longer allowed to visit the actual border crossing with Greece. Polls have suggested Turkish citizens have widespread resentment toward Syrians, which was partly blamed for a major defeat of Erdogan’s party in last year’s mayoral election in Istanbul.
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