Nearly 100 migrants arrested at border and stripped naked in 'degrading' incident

The naked migrants were discovered on Friday near the Evros River on the Greece-Turkey border, prompting condemnation from the United Nations calling for an investigation< /p> An image of some of the 92 men was tweeted by Greece's migration minister

The discovery of 92 naked migrants at the Greek-Turkish border over the weekend has drawn condemnation from the United Nations, as the two nations seek to blame each other.

The migrants, all male, were discovered on Friday near the Evros River on the border between Greece and Turkey, Greek police said in a statement.

"UNHCR is deeply distressed by the shocking reports and images of 92 people, who were reportedly found at the Greek-Turkish land border stripped of their clothes," the UN agency tweeted on Sunday.

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“We condemn this cruel and degrading treatment and call for a thorough investigation into this incident,” he added.

Coastguard units from Izmir province in western Turkey rescue 143 migrants (

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Greece said Turkey's 'behaviour' was a 'disgrace to civilisation', while Turkey called its neighbor's claims 'fake news' and accused it of 'cruelty'.

Hellenic police said some of the men had "bodily injuries" and said they provided clothing, first aid and food to the migrants.

The migrants alleged to police and officers from Frontex, the European Union's border agency, that they were forced by Turkish authorities into three vehicles that took them to the border .

The migrants testified that they were forced to undress before boarding the boats.

Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi tweeted a photo of what he assumed were some of the 92 migrants at the border on Saturday, accusing Turkey of shameful behavior.