Witness .. Refugees returned to Greece naked in Turkey

Activists released photos of the refugees who they said were beaten by Greek security forces and border guards before returning them almost naked to Turkish territory.

Within about a week, tens of thousands of refugees and migrants poured into Turkey's land borders with Greece and Bulgaria, both members of the European Union, after Ankara opened its borders and allowed migrants to reach Europe.

The French "Media Part" website published a report on the book "Lesbos a disgrace to Europe", at a time when Syrian refugees are flocking to the Greek island of Lesbos, and the authorities there prevent them from violently crossing the borders.

The site said that refugees in the first reception camps in the Greek hotspots of the Aegean Islands - which are managed by Greece with European Union funding - are treated like animals, where 34 thousand men, women and children are held for three or four years sometimes, in crowded shelters that are not equipped with enough Of food, and in unpleasant health conditions.

For his part, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the West is very hypocritical on the issue of refugees, as he rushed to extend a helping hand to Greece by providing seven hundred million euros, while avoiding sharing burdens with Turkey.

He pointed out that the German Chancellor had promised to provide 25 million euros to Turkey to support the refugees, and this has not yet been implemented.

Erdogan also condemned the Greek coast guard's attempts to drown out refugee boats, and pointed out that they are cruel, ruthless practices.

The Immigration Department of the Turkish Ministry of Interior accused the Greek security forces of practicing "inhumane measures" against the refugees.

Among these measures, she stated, "directing weapons towards asylum seekers, using gas bombs and tear gas against them, violence against people, including women and children, arbitrarily arresting them, and confiscating their possession of clothing, money and personal belongings."

On Thursday, local media in Greece reported that the Greek police used daily between seven thousand and a thousand tear gas canisters against asylum seekers daily.

In a related context, the Greek government announced its intention to build a 15 km wall on its borders with Turkey to prevent asylum seekers from crossing into Europe.

Greece installed a barbed wire wall in the "New Bosnia" area in the city of Evros on its border with Turkey in 2012 with a length of 12.5 km.

Last Wednesday, the Turkish state of Edirne announced the killing of a Syrian asylum seeker and the injury of five others, as a result of live and plastic bullets and plastic bombs fired by the Greek police and border guards.