Teargas fired on Greek-Turkish border as migrant tensions flare

Teargas and smoke bombs were fired across Turkey's border with Greece on Sa...

Greek riot police officers walk amid clouds of tear gas near Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing, in Kastanies, Greece March 7, 2020. REUTERS/Florion Goga

A Reuters correspondent in the area said the projectiles were coming from Turkish territory and being fired towards Greek police over a high border fence near the Kastanies crossing. Turkey said on Feb. 28 that it would let migrants cross its borders into Europe, saying it could no longer contain the hundreds of thousands and the prospect of a fresh influx because of intensified fighting in northwest Syria.

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