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Turkey's pingo-pong with Greece leaves dozens of migrants on the island for a month

2022-08-16 17:31:01Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Turkey's pingo-pong with Greece leaves dozens of migrants on the island for

A group of 38 migrants, including a pregnant woman, have been found stranded on a small, unnamed island along the Turkish-Greek border.

22 men, nine women and seven children say they have been on the island of the Evros River since mid-July. After being found on Monday, they were sent to mainland Greece.

The country's migration minister said the group was all in a "very good condition" and the pregnant woman had been sent to hospital as a precaution.

However, at least one child died on the island, which is near the Greek city of Lavara, according to the group and human rights agencies. Greek police have yet to confirm this.

Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi visited the Evros region on Tuesday. While he did not confirm the child's death, he said the government would work with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent to withdraw the body to provide a dainty burial.

There was ambiguity over the group's whereabouts and therefore whether Turkey or Greece should have intervened to help the migrants.

Greek authorities initially said the people - who police say all identify themselves as Syrians were on Turkish territory.

They were eventually found about 4km south of coordinates outside Greek territory that was originally reported a few days ago. This is why, according to Greek police, migrants had not been found earlier.

Baida, one of the women in the group, described it as "a football game between the two sides" - Turkey and Greece.

"No one loves us. No one listens to us. No one wants to help us," she told the BBC.

The way Greece is tempting migrants trying to reach Europe from Turkey has been highlighted for several years.

Human rights groups claim thousands of people seeking asylum have been forcibly deported before they were given the opportunity to apply for asylum. Also, this treatment has caused infighting within the EU after a senior official claimed last year that the country was violating fundamental European rights.


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