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Migrants collect tree trunks to make fire in a field near Edirne, at the Turkish-Greek border on Monday, March 2, 2020. Thousands of migrants on Monday tried to find a way across the land border into Greece, which has made clear its borders will remain closed. Dozens managed to pass, either through border fences or across the river there. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Migrants collect tree trunks to make fire in a field near Edirne, at the Turkish-Greek border on Monday, March 2, 2020. Thousands of migrants on Monday tried to find a way across the land border into Greece, which has made clear its borders will remain closed. Dozens managed to pass, either through border fences or across the river there. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

March 3, 2020

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AP EXPLAINS: The new migration crisis at Europe's borders
March 3, 2020 2:47 p.m.

AP EXPLAINS: The new migration crisis at Europe's borders

ANKARA (AP) — Facing a potential wave of nearly a million people fleeing fighting in northern Syria, Turkey has thrown open its borders with Greece to thousands of refugees and other migrants trying to enter Europe, and has threatened to send “millions” more.