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John Psaropoulos

Greece, Turkey spar on Twitter after 92 refugees found stripped

The Greek migration ministry told Al Jazeera that evidence of the event cannot be made public because it is part of a legal file at the Citizens’ Protection Ministry [File: Umit Bektas/Reuters]

Athens, Greece – After 92 asylum seekers were found stripped naked on the Greek side of the Evros River on Friday, Athens and Ankara are again trading accusations of ill-treatment of refugees, taking their fight public on Twitter.

The river forms part of the border between the two countries, and the asylum seekers, all men, are mostly from Afghanistan and Syria. Some have roots in Iran, Morocco, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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