Türkiye urges Greece to stop ‘harsh treatment’ of refugees
ISTANBUL (AA) – Greece must stop its “harsh treatment” of refugees and “cease its baseless and false charges against Türkiye”, an official said on Sunday.
“We urge Greece to abandon its harsh treatment of refugees . . . and to deliver the dignity of government,” Fahrettin Altun, Turkiye’s communications director, said on Twitter.
He said that “the Greek machine of fake news is back at work” as the Greek minister for immigration “attempted to cast suspicion on our country by sharing false information.”
His remarks come a day after Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi accused Türkiye of misbehaving with 92 refugees on the Greek-Turkish border on Twitter, and also shared a photo of naked men.
“With these futile and ridiculous efforts, Greece has shown once again to the entire world that it does not respect the dignity of refugees by posting these oppressed people’s pictures it has deported after extorting their personal possessions,” Altun said.
Greece has long pursued the policy of pushing back asylum seekers trying to reach its shores as an entry point to Europe.
Human rights groups and leading media outlets have frequently reported the pushbacks.
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