UN condemns 'deeply distressing' discovery of 92 naked migrants at Greece-Turkey border

The United Nations' exile bureau has said it is "deeply distressed" by the find of astir 100 bare men astatine the borderline betwixt Greece and Turkey.

The 2 countries person blamed each different for the plight of the 92 migrants.

Greece laid the blasted astatine Turkey's door, saying its "behaviour" was a "shame for civilisation".

Turkey denied it sent the men crossed the Evros stream and accused its neighbour of "cruelty".

As some sides blamed each other, the United Nation's exile bureau called for an probe and said it was "deeply distressed by the shocking reports and images".

Greek constabulary said they rescued the 92 men who were discovered naked, and immoderate with injuries, adjacent to its bluish borderline with Turkey connected Friday.

They said an probe by them and officials from the EU borderline bureau Frontex, recovered grounds that the migrants crossed the stream into Greek territory successful rubber dinghies from Turkey.

"Border policemen... discovered 92 amerciable migrants without clothes, immoderate of whom had injuries connected their bodies," the connection said.

Greek authorities said the men were instantly fixed clothing, nutrient and archetypal aid.

It was not wide however and wherefore the men had mislaid their clothes.

Frontex said the men were chiefly from Afghanistan and Syria, and that the organisation's cardinal rights serviceman had been informed of a imaginable rights violation.

Greek curate for civilian protection, Takis Theodorikakos, accused Turkey of "instrumentalising amerciable immigration" successful the latest successful a bid of recriminations connected migration betwixt the neighbours.

Speaking connected Greek tv helium claimed that galore of the migrants had told Frontex that "three Turkish service vehicles had transferred them" to the stream which acts arsenic a earthy border. The BBC has not been capable to independently verify this claim.

"One would expect a moving mentation from the Turkish government's side," Mr Theodorikakos said.

Ankara has denied immoderate responsibility.

A time earlier, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said successful a tweet that Turkey's attraction of the migrants was a "shame for civilisation". He said Athens expected Ankara to analyse the incidental and "protect... its borderline with the EU".

İsmail Çatakli, a spokesperson for Turkey's interior ministry deed backmost astatine Mr Mitarachi, penning connected Twitter: "As you couldn't find 1 azygous lawsuit of quality rights usurpation by [Turkey], you conscionable question to exposure representation of your cruelty you've inflicted arsenic if [Turkey's] done it!

"Spend your clip to obey quality rights, not for manipulations & dishonesty!

"C'mon, it's not large deal; conscionable beryllium small spot civilised!"

In response, the UNHCR said it is "deeply distressed by the shocking reports and images that person surfaced of the radical of men.

"However, we person not arsenic yet had entree to the radical and nary first-hand accusation from them arsenic to what happened.

"We recognize the radical volition beryllium transferred to the Reception and Identification Centre successful Fylakio successful the coming days, wherever we anticipation to entree them.

"We condemn immoderate cruel and degrading attraction and telephone for a afloat investigation."

The find of the men comes days aft a leaked study by an EU bureau criticised immoderate elder unit astatine Frontex for covering up amerciable pushbacks of migrants by Greece to Turkey, thing Athens denies. Frontex says specified practices by its unit are a happening of the past.

Last month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan utilized a UN code to impeach Greece of transforming the Aegean Sea into a "cemetery" with "oppressive policies" connected immigration.

Greece was connected the frontline of a European migration situation successful 2015 and 2016, erstwhile astir a cardinal refugees fleeing warfare and poorness successful Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan arrived successful the country, chiefly via Turkey.

The fig of arrivals has fallen since then. But Greek authorities said they had precocious seen an summation successful attempted arrivals done the Turkish onshore borderline and the Greek islands.

Greece has urged Turkey to respect a 2016 woody with the European Union successful which Ankara agreed to incorporate the travel of migrants to Europe successful speech for billions of euros successful aid.

Athens volition soon widen a 25-mile (40-kilometre) obstruction on its bluish borderline with Turkey to forestall migrants from entering the country, Mr Theodorikakos said.