Greek police seen using teargas to stop migrants

Rounds of teargas were fired at Turkey's northwestern border with Greece on Saturday, as migrants attempted to enter the European Union.

Several shots were heard at the Pazarkule border crossing, as clouds of teargas emerged, causing a commotion among the crowd.

The influx of migrants came after an airstrike killed 33 Turkish troops in Syria on Thursday, with Ankara appearing to be ready to make good on its threat to open the border gates and send 3.6 million refugees to Europe unless more international support was provided.

Hundreds of refugees headed to Greece's land border, while many made their way to Turkey's coast, from where at least two dinghies arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos.

Omer Celik, spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said Turkey was “no longer able to hold refugees” following the Syrian attack - reiterating Erdogan’s longstanding warning that his country cannot cope with more people fleeing the conflict.

EU spokesman Peter Stano said on Friday that the bloc was waiting for an official analysis of reports about migrant movements before acting.

He said Turkey had not officially signaled that it was changing its migrant policy.