Reports started to come through of deaths among the refugees whom the Turkish government has driven to the western border of the country as part of a blackmailing campaign against Europe in an attempt to receive European support for its occupation operation in Idlib.

Mughira Al Sharif, a journalist for the BBC World Service based in Istanbul, reported that Syrian refugee Ahmed Abu Emad, from Aleppo, has been killed today by the Greek Border Guards while trying to cross into Greece along with hundreds of refugees.

According to the BBC journalist, who also posted a video footage from the scene, the Syrian refugee was shot in his throat at 09:07 am near Ipsala and his body was taken to Turkey.

Reuters has also confirmed the killing of a Syrian young man at the border and announced that a child died after being pulled from the seat when a boat capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos.

“At least 1,000 migrants have reached Greece’s Eastern Aegean islands since Sunday morning, Greek police say. More than 10,000 migrants have attempted to cross by land at the border, where guards from both sides have fired tear gas into crowds caught between the fences in no-man’s land,” the report said.

According to DW Turkish, four refugees have drowned while trying to cross the sea into the Greek side since Thursday when Turkey announced that refugees wouldn’t be stopped from reaching Europe.

FRONTEX EXPECTING MASS MIGRATION FLOWS

The European Union's border agency Frontex is expecting "mass migration flows" that will be difficult to stop, according to media reports.

"It will be difficult to stop the massive flow of people who have set out on their journey," an internal Frontex report said.

"That is why we can expect an increase in pressure in the coming days — even in the event that Turkish authorities act to prevent people from crossing the border."

Frontex told DW it had received a request from Greece on Sunday "to launch a rapid intervention at its external borders."

"We are looking into how to best support Greece in the shortest time possible," a Frontex spokesperson said.

ERDOĞAN USING REFUGEES AS A TOOL OF BLACKMAIL

Commenting on the influx of refugees from Turkey to Europe, Erdoğan, addressing his remarks to Europe, said; “Gates have been opened. You will also get your share of this burden.”

“Hundreds of thousands have crossed, soon it will reach millions," he said and added that “unilateral sacrifice” was now over.

In the meantime, Greece said Sunday it had blocked nearly 10,000 migrants from entering. Police and soldiers blocked 9,972 "illegal entrances" from reaching the northeastern Evros region over the past 24 hours, according to a Greek government source.

In the meantime, Greece declared its highest alert level as a massive influx of refugees flowed to the border. Greek security forces have mobilized in an attempt to stop attempts by thousands of refugees to enter the country by land and sea.

REFUGEES EXPLOITED EVERYWHERE

With Turkey opening its borders, refugees from all around the country are arriving in Istanbul before leaving for the Edirne province at Greece border. Drivers of cars, buses and minibuses are trying to draw refugees by shouting “Europe, Europe” as they try to gain customers. Reports say that the refugees are thus driven to the border area at excessive prices. A taxi driver in Istanbul admitted having driven a refugee family to Edirne for 4,000 dollars at the first night the borders were opened.

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