92 refugees were found naked in the border area between Turkey and Greece. While the two countries blame each other, UNHCR condemns the cruel and degrading treatment and calls for a full investigation into the incident.
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has condemned the "humiliating treatment" of refugees on the Greece-Turkey border.
"The UNHCR is deeply stressed by the shocking reports from and images of 92 persons whose clothes have been taken off, stated to be found on the Greece-Turkey border," the commissioner's office wrote on Twitter.
"We condemn such cruel and degrading treatment and call for a full investigation into this incident."
BBC Turkish service reported that the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, announced that most of the 92 were men coming from Afghanistan or Syria. It is not yet clear why the migrants did not have their clothes on.
Greece and Turkey have put the blame on each other regarding the incident.
According to Euronews, the authorities in Greece said that some of these refugees who entered Greece passed through the Maritza river, which makes up the border between the two countries.
Takis Theodorikakos, the Minister for the Protection of Citizens in Greece said in his statement on the incident, "They are brought to the border with the military vehicles of Turkey. Turkey is using illegal migration as an instrument."
The Ministry of Migration and Asylum of Greece said on October 16 that "The provocative actions of Turkey have exceeded all limits."
Türkiye's Communications Director, Fahrettin Altun, responded to the allegations on his social media accounts. Altun invited Greece to "give up its degrading attitude towards migrants at once, to stop the ungrounded and false accusations towards Turkey and to act as a serious state."
