"Greece must seek substantial EU support, as these people do not come here to stay on Lesvos or Limnos islands, they are coming to move on through to the rest of Europe," SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said in comments on the unfolding Greek-Turkish border migration crisis on Mega TV station, on Tuesday evening. 

Greece will continue protecting its borders, and Turkey's efforts to assist tens of thousands of refugees and migrants enter Greece illegally have failed and will continue to do so, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, calling on the EU to take decisive action to deal with this challenge.

Russia on Tuesday said that Turkey was trying to push 130,000 refugees from Syria into Greece, the Interfax news agency cited the Defence Ministry as saying.