The ship docked with hundreds of Afghan refugees in a Greek port

A Turkish-flagged cargo ship carrying 382 migrants, mostly Afghans, has been heading for the Greek islands for two days now, stopping this morning by the Greek Coast Guard and docking at a port on a Greek island.

According to Reuters, the Greek Ministry of Immigration said that six smugglers of this ship have been arrested by the Greek Coast Guard.

The ministry also said that the other migrants on the ship were taken to a refugee center on the island and that they would be quarantined at the center for a short time.

Greece has been the main route for asylum seekers to enter the EU from Turkey, and the number of migrants has dropped sharply since 2016 following an agreement between the EU and Ankara to prevent migrants from entering Greece.

However, since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August, many EU countries have feared a repeat of the 2015 refugee crisis, when nearly one million people, mostly Syrians, crossed the Greek islands near Turkey. , Entered the European Union.