The weekend's discovery of 92 naked migrants on the border between Greece and Turkey has resulted in blame-shifting between the two nations and condemnation from the UN.
Greek police reportedly saved the naked men, some of the injured, near the northern border with Turkey on Friday.
How the men lost their clothing remains a mystery.
Greece blamed Turkey, calling its "behavior" a "shame for civilization." Turkey referred to the allegations made by its neighbor as "fake news" and charged it with "cruelty." The UN demanded a probe as both sides laid blame and expressed their deep sorrow at the distressing stories and photographs.
Greek police stated in a statement that the migrants were initially found near the Evros river, which serves as the border between Greece and Turkey. Evidence that the migrants crossed the river into Greek territory in rubber dinghies from Turkey was found following an inquiry by Greek police and Frontex inspectors, according to the police.
Reports say the migrants told police and Frontex officers that Turkish authorities forced them to board three trucks that transported them to the border. The migrants claimed that before boarding, they had been made to strip naked. The men, according to Frontex, were primarily from Syria and Afghanistan, and the organization's fundamental rights officer had been alerted to a possible rights violation.
Notis Mitarachi, the minister of migration for Greece, allegedly posted a disturbing image of more than 20 naked males crouching in the open on his Twitter account on Saturday.
He posted a comment in both Greek and English, saying, "Turkey's behavior towards 92 migrants whom we rescued at the borders today is a shame for civilization. We expect Ankara to investigate the incident and protect, at last, its borders with the EU."
On Sunday, the UN also replied by publishing a statement in which it expressed its "deeply distressed" over the finding of nearly 100 nude men at the Greek-Turkish border.
"We condemn such cruel and degrading treatment and call for a full investigation into this incident," the UN refugee agency said.
In 2015 and 2016, Greece was at the epicenter of a European refugee crisis, with around a million refugees fleeing war and poverty in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan arriving in the nation, primarily via Turkey.
Although the number of entries has decreased since then, Greek officials have recently reported an upsurge in attempted arrivals over the Turkish land border and the Greek islands.
