On Saturday evening, a group of illegal migrants tried to get into Greece by boat across the Evros River. A fatal shot from the Turkish side ended the life of a woman on board. The Greek television channel Sky reported on the tragic incident yesterday, giving details. The shootout took place after 9 o’clock on […]
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Evros: a woman was shot in the back
From a very close distance, from a small-caliber gun, presumably by Turkish gendarmes in the Evros region, a woman was shot dead, trying to get to the Greek coast, across the river. According to the relevant report of the Ministry of Civil Protection of Greece, “Yesterday Saturday, April 16, 2022, at 20:50 in the Evros […]
Greece denies Turkey’s allegations that 12 illegal immigrants froze to death after being pushed back abroad
The Greek Migration Minister has denied Turkey’s claims that 12 migrants were frozen to death on the land border between the two countries after they were driven back to Turkey by Greek border guards. Children are also reported to have been among the dead. Earlier Wednesday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu tweeted that 12 migrants […]
Evros: 28 migrants trapped on an islet and almost drowned in the river
On an island in the middle of the Evros River, in the northern part of the prefecture, 28 migrants were trapped, in serious danger of being swept away by its rushing waters and drowned. They were all rescued with the assistance of the 4th EMAK (Special Disaster Management Unit) and the Orestiada Fire Department. According […]
Evros: protests against the construction of a new structure for refugees
A very tense situation prevailed in the Reception and Identification Center (KYT) in the border area of Evros, where work is beginning to expand the structure of refugees and migrants – the Center for Preliminary Detention (PROKEKA). According to voria.gr, residents of the area mobilized when they were informed that cars and earthmovers had arrived […]
Greece: soldier in Evros passes out and dies during service
According to a report by the General Staff of the Greek Army, Lieutenant ΕΠΟΠ fainted while serving in the camp. The doctors were unable to save him. The message says: “The General Staff of the Army announces that in the morning hours of Thursday, December 16, 2021, an EPOP lieutenant who served in the military […]
120 migrants from Turkey tried to illegally enter the territory of Greece
At Evros, an attempt by migrants from Turkey to cross the Greek-Turkish border by river was prevented. Two traffickers were arrested. According to APE-MPE, the arrested, possibly members of a network of slave traders, were detained on Friday morning in Kissario. As it turned out, they transported the migrants in turns on a plastic boat. […]
Evros: pharmacist arrested for issuing false COVID-19 certificates
In Soufli (Evros) yesterday evening, on Wednesday 24 November, a pharmacist was detained, who issued false-negative tests, including to a civil servant of special services. According to the Greek Police Department of Internal Affairs, the defendant admitted that he entered negative results of rapid tests for COVID-19 on unvaccinated citizens into the IDIKA system without […]
Greek army and navy put on high alert on Evros and the Aegean after Erdogan’s threats
The General Staff of Greece on Friday evening issued an order to transfer the country’s armed forces to a state of high alert and to strengthen surveillance on the land and sea borders with Turkey. This measure should be understood as a “precautionary” measure, following threats from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a day earlier that […]