Greece has accused Turkey of attempting to ship greater than 1,100 migrants to Greek islands within the Aegean Sea.
Boats of smuggled migrants had been intercepted by Greek port authorities and turned again in 24 separate incidents in latest days.
"Turkish smugglers have tried to disembark about 1,130 refugees on the Greek islands over the previous three days," mentioned Yannis Plakiotakis, Greek minister of Service provider Marine and Island Coverage.
The Greek coastguard added that the boats had been approaching the islands of Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Kos, and Rhodes.
None of those boats managed to enter Greek waters and all of these on board had been rescued by "Turkish maritime authorities," it mentioned in a assertion.
Athens has frequently accused Ankara of violating worldwide legislation and serving to migrants cross the Aegean Sea to Greece.
NGOs in the meantime have condemned Greek authorities for finishing up unlawful pushback -- a declare denied by Athens.
In Could, the Greek coastguard mentioned that they had prevented round 600 migrants from crossing from Turkey in at some point.
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