AKIPRESS.COM - Greece said on Tuesday it had no plan to carry out joint sea patrols with neighbouring Turkey to stem an influx of migrants and refugees into Europe.

A record 400,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Greece this year from nearby Turkey, most fleeing war-torn Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq and hoping to reach wealthier northern Europe, reports Reuters.

Many others have died at sea while making the short but perilous crossing on flimsy rubber boats. The member states of Europe, meanwhile, have struggled to agree on a strategy to control the flow of people.

U.N. refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres was in Athens on Monday and questioned the European Union's strategy of building more camps in Turkey to stem the flow of refugees into Europe.