Turkey: Frozen bodies of 12 people recovered at Greek border

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Turkish authorities say they have recovered 12 bodies, believed to be those of individuals who froze to death after being pushed back into Turkey, near the border with Greece.

Interior minister Suleyman Soylu said on Twitter that the 12 were among a group of 22 who were pushed back into Turkey by Greek border guards.

He said they were found near the Ipsala border crossing “without shoes and stripped of their clothes”.

The minister accused Greek border units of acting “cruelly” and the European Union of being soft on Greece.