Greek court hands out 52 yr sentence to Syrian refugee over ‘illegal’ crossing from Turkey. KS &his family crossed from 🇹🇷 to 🇬🇷 with his 3 kids/wife. Originally, they wanted to go to 🇹🇷 However, after he refused Turkish orders on a military operation in Libya -he was imprisoned
Following his release, he and his family sought to escape to Greece, traveling to Chios, the closest island by boat, only to be denied the right to asylum upon arrival due to a controversial policy introduced earlier that month. - The Independent
We shared this due to the Libyan part. Erdogan now forces refugees to be deployed to Libya, to do Turkey’s dirty work, when they refuse, they’re thrown in prison.
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