UN alarmed at reports of migrants being forced back at Greek borders

The port city of Vathy and the refugee and migrant camp in the eastern Aegean island of Samos (AP)

The UN refugee agency has voiced alarm at increasing reports of “horrific incidents” where asylum-seekers and migrants trying to slip into Greece and other European countries are allegedly being forced back.

Athens denied the claims, and said the UNHCR appeared to have fallen for propaganda from neighbouring Turkey, from which thousands of asylum seekers from other countries enter Greece every year.