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Asharq Al-Awsat
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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Turkey 12 migrants freeze to death after greece pushback - You Need To See This

Migrants trying to communicate with Greek soldiers at the Turkish-Greek border, at Pazarkule Border Crossing in Edirne, Turkey, Feb. 29, 2020. (Getty Images)

The bodies of 12 migrants who froze to death were found near Turkey's border with Greece, the Turkish interior minister said Wednesday, accusing Greek border guards of pushing them back over the frontier.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said tweeted that the 12 were among 22 migrants who were pushed back into Turkey by Greek border guards. He said they were found near the Ipsala border crossing between Turkey and Greece “without shoes and stripped of their clothes.”

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