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The events at the Greek-Turkish border along the Evros river in 2020 began on 28 February 2020 when the Turkish government announced that in response to the death of 33 Turkish soldiers in Idlib, [1] it was unilaterally opening its borders to Greece to allow refugees and migrants seeking refuge to reach the European Union.
Since at least 2008, Greece has pushed back tens of thousands of migrants, especially at the Evros border with Turkey and in the Aegean Sea. On land, the pushbacks involve taking people who have arrived at the Greek side of the border and transferring them to the Turkish side; most cases involve some form of abuse.
A group of Syrian refugees arrive by boat from Turkey to airport area of Mytilini, Lesvos island, Greece, 13 December 2015 Because the refugees entering Europe in 2015 were predominantly from the Middle East , the vast majority first entered the EU by crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece by boat; Turkey's land border has been ...
The Evros River incident of 19 December 1986 was a skirmish between Greek and Turkish soldiers along the Evros river, near the town of Feres on the Greco-Turkish border. [ 1 ] According to Greek reports, the incident began at 11:15 a.m, when a 3-man Hellenic Army patrol met with a Turkish Armed Forces patrol, along the Evros river border area.
Evros was established as a prefecture in 1930 (Greek: Νομός Έβρου), when the former Thrace Prefecture was divided into the Rhodope and Evros prefectures. [3] As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the prefecture was transformed into a regional unit within the East Macedonia and Thrace region, with no change in its boundaries.
During the period of 12 January and February 2021, the rivers Erythropotamos (Greek: Ερυθροπόταμος) and Evros (Greek: Έβρος) also known as Maritsa (Bulgarian: Марица, Turkish: Meriç) overflowed twice because of heavy rainstorms resulting in severe floods of the areas around the rivers, that led to 1 death [1] and serious damages to private and public property.
Maritsa or Maritza (Bulgarian: Марица [mɐˈrit͡sɐ]), also known as Evros (Greek: Έβρος) and Meriç (Turkish: Meriç), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km (300 mi), [ 3 ] it is the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkan peninsula , and one of the largest in ...
Fylakio (Greek: Φυλάκιο) is a village in the Evros regional unit of northeast Greece. Fylakio is in the municipal unit of Kyprinos. In 2021 the population was 867 for the community, including the villages Ammovouno and Keramos. It is located on the right bank of the river Ardas, about halfway between Ivaylovgrad (Bulgaria) and Edirne ...