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A Greek army officer detains migrants in the village of Ardanio at the Greek-Turkish border on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades Wednesday morning to repulse a push by migrants to cross its land border from Turkey, as pressure continued along its frontier after Turkey said its own border with Europe was open to whoever wanted to cross. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

A Greek army officer detains migrants in the village of Ardanio at the Greek-Turkish border on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades Wednesday morning to repulse a push by migrants to cross its land border from Turkey, as pressure continued along its frontier after Turkey said its own border with Europe was open to whoever wanted to cross. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

March 5, 2020

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Five years on, ill-prepared EU sees migrants on its borders
March 5, 2020 4:09 a.m.

Five years on, ill-prepared EU sees migrants on its borders

Brussels (AP) — Thousands of migrants massed on Greece’s borders with Turkey, and security forces struggling to keep them at bay. Five years on it feels like deja vu, yet the European Union seems just as ill-prepared as it was last time around.