Athens: Five migrants and a Greek driver were killed in a car crash on Saturday on a highway near the Greek-Turkish border.
According to the police, a car carrying 10 migrants rammed into a four-wheel drive while trying to avoid a police post while driving on the wrong side of the road, killing the 46-year-old driver as well.
Police said five other migrants, whose nationalities were not immediately known, and the driver of the vehicle were injured and taken to hospital.
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In recent years, thousands of migrants transit through Greece on their way from Turkey to Western Europe.
More migrants are taking their chances by crossing the Evros River, a natural border with the mainland, and an increase in Aegean maritime patrols has resulted in smugglers taking the road from there, making it harder for migrants to reach the Greek islands Has gone.
Accidents on Saturdays have been happening more frequently lately. NGOs have been accusing Greece of illegal pushback on asylum seekers who manage to cross the river, which Athens denies.
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Conservative Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged the European Union to "seriously consider" helping him expand an anti-migrant steel fence along the border with Turkey two weeks ago in an effort to stem the flow of migrants .
A five-metre-high steel fence along the river will be extended by Athens for 35 km. The current length of the fence will be increased from 38 km to 100 km by 2026, which Athens hopes to complete within a year.
