Greek intelligence officials disclosed detailed Turkish plans yesterday to allow 3,000 migrants a day to sail to Greece, as relations between Ankara and the EU rapidly deteriorated.
The analysts said that thousands of dinghies and motorboats were massing along Turkey’s western coast, and the Syrian migrants were preparing to head for Greek shores.
Under the plan, disclosed by the Greek newspaper Proto Thema, national intelligence officials estimate that at least 3,000 undocumented migrants could stream into Greece each day. The scheme would be executed “within a matter of weeks”, according to the officials.
Intelligence analysts cited in the newspaper said that the plans had the support of President Erdogan of Turkey, who is locked in a struggle with the European Union. “No one is