The United Nations demanded an investigation after Greek police said they found 92 migrants, mostly from Afghanistan and Syria, naked at the border with Turkey.
Children were also among the group of migrants, Stella Nanou, the UN refugee agency’s spokesperson in Athens, told The Guardian.
On Monday, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, again rejected the allegation and accused Athens of"shameless and reckless" behavior. He also took aim at European Union nations, accusing them of encouraging EU-member Greece to"slander" Turkey.spokesman, Giannis Oikonomou, charged that Turkey was"continuing to openly instrumentalize migrants and even with unprecedented and unthinkable practices of barbarism.
The exchange comes at a time when tensions between the two neighbors is running high, with the two engaging in mutual accusations of airspace violations and Turkey accusingin the Aegean Sea in violation of international treaties and threatening possible military action. "It is natural that Greece ... attempts to slander Turkey as its crimes increases," Cavusoglu said."Unfortunately, there are European Union member countries who want to believe this, who want to accept everything that Greece says as true ... This is what encourages Greece."
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