Thousands of migrants gather on Turkey-Greece border

Turkey declared its borders were open to migrants hoping to head into the European Union

Published: March 01, 2020 15:23 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Producer

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200103 migrants — Migrants gather inside the buffer zone of the Turkey-Greece border, at Pazarkule. Image Credit: AFP

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200103 mignrats 2 — Migrants walk on railways toward Meritsa river, near Edirne, to take a boat to attempt to enter Greece by crossing the river. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of WEB 200301 MIGRANTS1-1583056861016 — Turkey will no longer close its border gates to refugees who want to go to Europe Image Credit: AFP

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200103 pazarkule — Migrants walk towards the Greek border in Pazarkule. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of WEB 200301 MIGRANTS32-1583056839317 — The United Nations migration organization said that at least 13,000 people were massed on Turkey's land border with Greece, after Turkey officially declared its western borders were open to migrants and refugees hoping to head into the European Union. Image Credit: AP

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200103 edirne — A migrant carries his belongings as he walks toward Meritsa river, near Edirne, to take a boat to attempt to enter Greece by crossing the river. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of WEB 200301 MIGRANTS432-1583056846561 — Migrants walk towards the Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing with Greece's Kastanies. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of WEB 200301 MIGRANTS322-1583056843398 — Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country's borders with Europe were open Saturday, making good on a longstanding threat to let refugees into the continent as thousands of migrants gathered at the frontier with Greece. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of WEB 200301 MIGRANTS3321-1583056830456 — A boy stands next to a tree as migrants in the background camp awaiting to cross the border, at Turkey's Pazarkule with Greece's Kastanies. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of WEB 200301 MIGRANTS-1583056858671 — Migrants walk towards Greece along the Turkey-Greece border near Pazarkule. Image Credit: AFP

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