A Humanitarian Crisis
Mar 19, 2020
4 minutes
By Liang Manyu
Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar
The author is editor in chief of GreekReporter.com
Tens of thousands of refugees and immigrants have been gathering at the Turkey-Greece border since the end of February, after Turkey announced it would not stop them from leaving the country. Turkey made the move after an airstrike in Idlib Province in northern Syria, blamed on the Syrian Government, killed 33 Turkish soldiers and Turkey anticipated an influx of new refugees from Syria.
As the refugees attempt to cross the border to enter Europe, Greece, Europe’s southern gateway, is under tremendous pressure. If Greece fails to keep its border closed, all other European Union (EU) members would face another refugee crisis. While the
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