UN, EU and US should act to contain Turkish aggression

The United Nations, European Union and NATO have all remained silent as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government coordinates the largest mass movement of migrants to date to Greece's borders. The current estimated number of 3.5 million migrants and refugees in Turkey is more than one-third of the population of Greece and three and a half times the number of migrants and refugees Turkey has allowed to pass through to Greece each year since 2013.

Erdogan's opening of Turkey's borders and support of the unmitigated flow of migrants and refugees to Greece by land and by sea in unprecedented numbers is a cruel and inhumane act exacerbating an already untenable situation and must be immediately stopped.

Greeks have always shown incredible compassion and humanity for refugees throughout history, but lacking the resources, manpower and capabilities to restore order...