FILE PHOTO: A migrant, who arrived the previous day on a dinghy after crossing part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey, sits next to a tree where clothes are left to dry, near the village of Skala Sikamias, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece warned on Tuesday that it would not allow the illegal entry of migrants by land or by sea, after a sharp increase in attempted entries through its Aegean islands and land border with Turkey over the past few days.
The Mediterranean country was the frontline of Europe's migration crisis in 2015 and 2016 when a million refugees fleeing war and poverty from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan arrived, mainly via Turkey.
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