Europe is concerned about the influx of migrants from Turkey and clashes at the Greek border

European Commission President Ursula von der Layen said that the European Union viewed with "concern" the flow of migrants from Turkey towards the borders of Greece and Bulgaria, while clashes erupted at the Turkish-Greek border between Greek security and thousands of migrants gathered in an attempt to enter European territory.

Von der Layen stated in a tweet on Twitter that the top priority of the European Commission at this stage is to provide full support to Greece and Bulgaria by strengthening the presence of the European Border Control Agency at the land borders of the two countries.

A UNHCR spokesperson told Agence France-Presse that no EU member state had sent a notice of its intention to close its borders within the Schengen area as it had occurred in 2015, in order to prevent migrants from Greece entering the richest northern European countries.

Turkey and the European Union signed an agreement in 2016 to stem the flow of migrants across the border in exchange for the Union's provision of billions of dollars in aid to Ankara.

Since Friday, thousands of migrants - the majority of whom are Syrians, Afghans, and Iraqis - and asylum seekers have gathered at the Turkish-Greek border after the Ankara authorities announced that they will not continue to prevent them from this as a result of the flight of nearly 950,000 Syrians from their areas of residence in the Idlib governorate towards the Syrian-Turkish border. Bomb the Syrian regime and its Russian ally.

Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that his country cannot deal with a new wave of Syrian refugees, which is hosting 3.6 million Syrian refugees, and Erdogan added that 18,000 migrants crossed the border to Europe from Turkey, expecting the number to reach 30,000.

President Erdogan asked the European Union to fulfill his pledges to Turkey regarding refugees, if he wants this situation to change, referring to the influx of thousands of migrants on the Turkish-Greek border.

Clashes
Clashes took place yesterday between migrants and the Greek security forces that worked to impede their entry into Greek territory by land from the Turkish state of Jordan, and migrants threw stones at the Greek security, who fired tear gas in an attempt to keep them away, but dozens of other immigrants arrived on the Greek islands by rubber boats after They crossed from the Turkish side in the Aegean Sea.

Syrian refugee Ahmed Barhoum told Agence France-Presse that he had been stuck at the border since Friday, adding, "If they do not open (the borders) we will try to cross illegally. We can no longer return to Istanbul." An Egyptian refugee who refused to be named said, "I hope they will allow us to cross." Ultimately, we can start a new life in Europe that people deserve. "

On the other hand, a Greek government spokesman said, "We foiled more than four thousand attempts to illegally enter our land borders." A Greek police source said that migrants on the Turkish side of the border set fire to, and made holes in the border fence.

Patrols of the armed police and the army have deployed on the banks of the Evros River, which is a regular crossing point between Turkey and Greece, where security personnel have used loudspeakers to warn against entering Greek territory, and drones have been used to monitor migrants.

According to Greek border guards, 180 migrants arrived from Friday morning to Saturday morning in the islands of the eastern Aegean, Lesbos and Samos by sea.