Response to his provocative statements Recep Tayyip Erdoganwho, incidentally, said that “Greeks are drowning immigrants,” the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum cites.

Ministry sources note that: “Turkey, instead of preventing dangerous and illegal migration flows, instead of applying international law and the Joint Declaration with the European Union, is trying to put pressure on Greece to open its borders. So that he can negotiate the exchange again.”

And they conclude: “However, Greece will continue to guard its borders with the same determination, with absolute respect for international law.”

Erdogan’s provocative statements: “Greeks are drowning immigrants in the Aegean Sea”

It is noted that previously non-existent claims of the President of Turkey regarding the management of immigration from Greece became public.

“We are watching these innocent, poor people being buried from Greek ferries at sea. In the Aegean, how they are buried in the Mediterranean, like this? We are watching them,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

In fact, he argued that the Turkish side was rescuing immigrants because, as Muslims, they “fulfilled the requirements of Islam.”

“So people are making a fuss about it? No. Our frigates run, catch up with them and rescue them from the sea. Because we are Muslims. And we fulfill the requirements of our Islamism,” the Turkish President said.