ANKARA – Turkey’s Coast Guard, which is letting human traffickers send refugees and migrants to Greece, said it had saved 143 of them allegedly pushed back by Greece, but again not offering any proof.
It’s a frequent claim that Greece’s New Democracy government has denied despite assertions from Turkey, human rights groups and activists, and major media that the pushbacks are going on.
Turkey’s public broadcaster TRT World, controlled by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the refugees and migrants were pushed back into Turkish territorial waters but didn’t say who do it.
It said that Turkey’s Coast Guard rushed to their rescue and that it prevented another rubber dinghy carrying 31 from being sent toward Greek islands near Turkey’s coast, taking them to migration offices.
Turkey is holding more than 4 million refugees and migrants who went there fleeing war, strife and economic hardship in their homelands, primarily Syria and Afghanistan, using the country as a jumping-off point to the EU.
ATHENS - Police in Greece have arrested a rap artist accused of using explosives to rob cash machines and finance his music videos, authorities said Monday.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
NEW YORK – With a Zeibekiko, the dance of Zorba, and island dances, Commander John Pappas bid farewell to the NYPD Transit Bureau K-9 Unit, retiring after 29 years of service.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles have had unusually high rates of cancer after a preliminary review determined that a deeper examination is needed.
LIDECKO, Czech Republic (AP) — In an eastern corner of the Czech Republic, St.
NEW YORK (AP) — When Paul Giamatti made “Sideways” with Alexander Payne, he stayed in a little house in the middle of a large vineyard.
The 2024 Republican presidential primary field has narrowed, with Doug Burgum dropping out of the race.
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