After Erdogan opened the border: Thousands of immigrants on Turkish border seek to leave for Greece

The UN has said 13 thousand people have gathered to cross Greece from Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdoan vowed to keep the western border open for migrants and refugees seeking to travel towards the EU.

As the situation continues to continue, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, calling a meeting of the National Security Council for Today, writes The Guardian, Pryskopi continues.

The EU Border Protection Agency, Frontex, said it was on alert and that it had deployed more troops in Gerqi.

“ “We have received a request from Greece for additional support. We have already taken steps to restore technical equipment and additional officials. ”

Erdogan opened Turkey's western border Friday after an air raid on Syria's Idlib killed at least 33 Turkish soldiers who were standing in that country in defense of the Syrian opposition.

The Turkish president had repeatedly said he would break the agreement with Brussels for preventing immigrants from entering the EU if he did not receive greater support for his intervention in Syria.

During Saturday, Erdogan said in a speech he did not intend to reconsider his decision to open the border.

What did we say? If this continues, we will be forced to open our doors,” he said at a gathering of his party.

They didn't believe what we were saying. What did we do yesterday? We opened our border. ” he continued. /Periscope