The mobilization of the Greek authorities was prompted by an email sent to the EL.AS headquarters. The sender was the international non-governmental organization Watch the Med, and in an email it said it had been alerted to the existence of migrants on an island in the Evros River. Approximately on the same island where 39 refugees and immigrants were temporarily locked up in August last year. A case that has since repeatedly occupied the Greek and foreign media.

A new email has been sent to the EL.AS headquarters. early yesterday morning. The army was informed and confirmed that the island is in Turkish territory. Thus, the police transmitted information to the Turkish authorities through the “contact station” in Kapitan Andreevo, as well as through the European organization Frontex. According to a police source, on Thursday there were actually about ten foreigners on the island, who, however, moved yesterday.