The Minister of Immigration, Notis Mitarakis, responded to the statements of Turkish officials about dead migrants in Evros, after being repatriated by Greek authorities.
In a written statement, the Greek Minister of Immigration and Asylum described the death of the 12 immigrants at the Turkish border as a "tragedy", but clarified that "the truth behind this incident has nothing to do with the false propaganda published by my counterpart , Mr. Soilou ".
"These migrants never reached the border. "Any suspicion that they have actually arrived, or that they have been sent back to Turkey, is completely non-existent," Mitarakis said. travel "and" instead of blaming others, it must take responsibility if we are to prevent such tragedies from happening again ".