Positive signals put out by Ankara

In encouraging signs over the last two days, Greece and Turkey have sought to deliver a message of understanding on the subject of migratory flows on the Evros border between the two countries.

Indicatively, on Wednesday morning, on the initiative of Turkish authorities, most of the 300 or so refugees/migrants who had been trapped for several days on an island in the Evros River near Nea Vyssa were removed.

Police sources said Turkish civil protection troops evacuated the majority of the refugees/migrants from the islet and transported them into Turkey.

Previously, Turkish authorities had used loudspeakers and cellphones to urge refugees/migrants to leave the area. The Greek authorities utilized sound signals in a similar manner. The operation to remove the migrants lasted till Wednesday evening.

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