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Photos: Refugees head to Europe as Turkey opens gate

Refugees in Turkey headed towards European frontiers on Friday after an official said the borders had been thrown open, a response to the escalating war in Syria where 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russian-backed Syrian government troops. Turkey’s neighbours Greece and Bulgaria, both European Union member states, vowed not to admit the migrants and reinforced their borders following Ankara’s threat to reopen the frontier. It was closed under an accord between Turkey and the European Union that halted the 2015-16 migration crisis when more than a million people crossed into Europe by foot.

Updated on: Mar 03, 2020 4:41 PM IST

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Migrants walk along fields near the border line to reach Greece as they are pictured near Karpuzlu village of the Turkish border city of Edirne. Refugees in Turkey headed towards European frontiers on Friday after an official said the borders had been thrown open, a response to the escalating war in Syria where 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russian-backed Syrian government troops, reported Reuters. (Umit Bektas / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 4:41 PM

Migrants walk along fields near the border line to reach Greece as they are pictured near Karpuzlu village of the Turkish border city of Edirne. Refugees in Turkey headed towards European frontiers on Friday after an official said the borders had been thrown open, a response to the escalating war in Syria where 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russian-backed Syrian government troops, reported Reuters. (Umit Bektas / REUTERS)

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A woman carries a luggage on her head as she walks with a child to the Turkey’s Pazarkule border crossing with Greece’s Kastanies. Moscow and Ankara traded blame over Thursday’s strike in northwest Syria, the deadliest attack on Turkish forces in nearly 30 years. The UN Security Council called an emergency meeting to avert open conflict between Russia and NATO member Turkey. (Huseyin Aldemir / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 4:41 PM

A woman carries a luggage on her head as she walks with a child to the Turkey’s Pazarkule border crossing with Greece’s Kastanies. Moscow and Ankara traded blame over Thursday’s strike in northwest Syria, the deadliest attack on Turkish forces in nearly 30 years. The UN Security Council called an emergency meeting to avert open conflict between Russia and NATO member Turkey. (Huseyin Aldemir / REUTERS)

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A group of migrants wait on no man’s land between Turkey and Greece. Turkey’s neighbours, both EU member states—Greece and Bulgaria vowed not to admit the migrants and reinforced their borders following Ankara’s threat to reopen the frontier. It was closed under an accord between Turkey and the EU that halted the 2015-16 migration crisis when more than a million people crossed into Europe by foot. (Huseyin Aldemir / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 4:41 PM

A group of migrants wait on no man’s land between Turkey and Greece. Turkey’s neighbours, both EU member states—Greece and Bulgaria vowed not to admit the migrants and reinforced their borders following Ankara’s threat to reopen the frontier. It was closed under an accord between Turkey and the EU that halted the 2015-16 migration crisis when more than a million people crossed into Europe by foot. (Huseyin Aldemir / REUTERS)

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A migrant from Afghanistan demonstrates his hands that were injured in his effort to cross from Turkey into Greece. At the Pazarkule border post with Greece, scores of migrants faced barbed wire fences and smoke grenades. Some stuck in the no-man’s land between the two countries tried to return to the Turkish side, only to be turned back by Turkish authorities. (Alexandros Avramidis / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 4:41 PM

A migrant from Afghanistan demonstrates his hands that were injured in his effort to cross from Turkey into Greece. At the Pazarkule border post with Greece, scores of migrants faced barbed wire fences and smoke grenades. Some stuck in the no-man’s land between the two countries tried to return to the Turkish side, only to be turned back by Turkish authorities. (Alexandros Avramidis / REUTERS)

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Migrants wait at the Turkey’s Pazarkule border crossing. Hamid Muhammed, who carried a young girl, said he was turned away by Greek police. “We want the Turkish and European governments to open this gate,” he said. (Osman Sadi Temizel / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 4:41 PM

Migrants wait at the Turkey’s Pazarkule border crossing. Hamid Muhammed, who carried a young girl, said he was turned away by Greek police. “We want the Turkish and European governments to open this gate,” he said. (Osman Sadi Temizel / REUTERS)

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Migrants cross Meric river as they walk towards the Turkey’s Pazarkule border crossing. Inside Syria there was ample evidence of the renewed fighting that has caused perhaps the worst humanitarian crisis of the conflict. A million civilians have been displaced since December inside Syria near the Turkish border in desperate winter conditions. Turkey, already home to 3.7 million Syrian refugees, says it cannot take more. (Marko Djurica / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 4:41 PM

Migrants cross Meric river as they walk towards the Turkey’s Pazarkule border crossing. Inside Syria there was ample evidence of the renewed fighting that has caused perhaps the worst humanitarian crisis of the conflict. A million civilians have been displaced since December inside Syria near the Turkish border in desperate winter conditions. Turkey, already home to 3.7 million Syrian refugees, says it cannot take more. (Marko Djurica / REUTERS)

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A dinghy used by migrants to cross part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey is seen on a beach near the village of Skala Sikamias. A young Syrian boy died on Monday after being pulled from the sea when a boat capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos, Greek officials said, the first reported fatality since Turkey opened its border last week to let migrants reach Europe. (Alkis Konstantinidis / REUTERS)

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A dinghy used by migrants to cross part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey is seen on a beach near the village of Skala Sikamias. A young Syrian boy died on Monday after being pulled from the sea when a boat capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos, Greek officials said, the first reported fatality since Turkey opened its border last week to let migrants reach Europe. (Alkis Konstantinidis / REUTERS)

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More than 10,000 migrants, mostly from Syria, other Middle Eastern states and Afghanistan, have reached Turkey’s land borders with EU states Greece and Bulgaria since Ankara said last Thursday it would stop keeping them on its territory. (Osman Sadi Temizel / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 4:41 PM

More than 10,000 migrants, mostly from Syria, other Middle Eastern states and Afghanistan, have reached Turkey’s land borders with EU states Greece and Bulgaria since Ankara said last Thursday it would stop keeping them on its territory. (Osman Sadi Temizel / REUTERS)

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Further south, at least 1,000 migrants have reached Greece’s eastern Aegean islands since Sunday morning, Greek police said. (Umit Bektas / REUTERS)

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Further south, at least 1,000 migrants have reached Greece’s eastern Aegean islands since Sunday morning, Greek police said. (Umit Bektas / REUTERS)

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