The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) says the wheat seeds it recently provided to farmers in northeast Syria meet “high standards for safety and quality.” The announcement comes after claims by the Syrian government that the seeds donated by the U.S. agency “are not suitable for cultivation.” Last week, USAID donated 3,000 tons of…
Ευρωκίνηση 2/15/2021 The National Herald
After another human rights group said it had documented incidents of Greece pushing refugees and migrants back to Turkey – which let human smugglers send them toward Greece, Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi again said it s not true. These are part of a broader fake news strategy promoted by Turkey, through certain Non-government organizations and smuggler networks, he told To Vima weekly, as quoted by Agence France-Presse (AFP). Investigations until now by (the EU border agency) FRONTEX and the (Greek) coastguard have not confirmed any of the claims, he said.
Greece has consistently denied claims by migrant support groups that it is illegally returning migrants to Turkey in violation of international law, including two reports this past month, said Turkey s propagandist, pro-government paper The Daily Sabah.