[custom_adv] Asylum seekers attempting to reach Europe with hopes of a brighter future are being tortured by Greek border authorities before being forced back towards no man's land at the Greece-Turkey border in Edirne's Uzunkopru. [custom_adv] Refugees in Uzunkopru told TRT World some of them were tortured and stripped of their clothes and possessions by Greek border police who detained them as they were trying to enter Greece. Showing the scars on their backs, they said Greek authorities forced them back to no man's land in the cold, almost naked. [custom_adv] TRT World on March 5 spoke to at least 20 to 30 people ––mainly men, some women and children –– who were intercepted by Greece security officials while trying to cross into Kastanies, Greece. The names of the asylum seekers who spoke to TRT World have been withheld at their request. [custom_adv] Children among them were also sent back to the freezing cold, TRT World reporters witnessed.Images documenting their injuries were taken on March 5. [custom_adv] Refugees in no man's land between Greece and Turkey near Edirne show marks on their backs which they report sustaining in beatings by Greek border officials. March 4-5, 2020. (Belal Khaled / TRT Arabi) [custom_adv] Refugees in no man's land between Greece and Turkey near Edirne show marks on their backs which they report sustaining in beatings by Greek border officials. March 4-5, 2020. (Belal Khaled / TRT Arabi) (Belal Khaled / ) "I'm from Syria. Me and my family, and my brother with his family entered Greece," one refugee shared. [custom_adv] "They beat women and men and stripped them naked to search them and they claim that Greece is a country that respects human rights," he said."Thank God, they released us and threw us here by the river," he said, referring to the Evros. [custom_adv] Refugees at Turkey's Uzunkopru in Edirne gather around the fire to keep warm after Greek officials stripped them of their clothes and belongings as they attempted to cross into Greece from Turkey. March 5, 2020. [custom_adv] Refugees at Turkey's Uzunkopru in Edirne gather around the fire to keep warm after Greek officials stripped them of their clothes and belongings as they attempted to cross into Greece from Turkey. March 5, 2020. [custom_adv] Refugees wash their wounds before rushing towards wood fires to heat themselves up after Greek border police stripped them of their clothes and beat them up before pushing them towards the Turkish side of no man's land at the Edirne-Kastanies border in Uzunkopru in Edirne.
