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Thousands of migrants rush to cross Greek-Turkish border

by Associated Press
| March 2, 2020 1:30 AM

KASTANIES, Greece (AP) — Thousands of migrants were trying to find a way across Turkey's western border with Greece Monday, with only dozens managing to pass through either border fences or fording the river there, after Turkey opened its side of the frontier to migrants and refugees to leave the country for Europe.

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