Turkey launched an active phase of the Sea Lion-2022 exercise at the border with Greece with a view to improving quality and efficiency of search and rescue works at the Aegean Sea coast, Turkish broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Thursday

No coronavirus cases have so far been confirmed among refugees and asylum seekers on Greek islands, unlike in the mainland, but unsanitary conditions there raise even greater concern in light of the current threat, the UN Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) spokesperson in the country told Sputnik in an interview