The migrants were detected on the islet by the Greek border police on Sunday afternoon, with representatives of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) and the Hellenic Red Cross also present at the scene, the police said.

"It was established that the migrants were brought to the Greek territory by a human trafficker who transported them from the opposite shore in a boat and left them on the island," the police's statement read.

The Greek authorities have provided the first aid to the migrants and have given those clothes and food. All the migrants are currently in good health, the police said, adding that they would now be handed over to the illegal migrant reception center in the Greek city of Orestiada for further procedures.

The Evros River, which is located on a border between Greece and Turkey, has had low water level in recent days, which has enabled migrants to cross the border by moving through the islets on the both sides of the boundary, the Greek government said on Sunday, urging the Turkish authorities to coordinate the border agencies' actions and prevent border crossings by illegal migrants.

Migrants have been arriving in Greece en mass, mainly through Turkey, for years. Athens accuses Ankara of exploiting migrants as a political leverage in a decades-long territorial dispute between the countries, while Turkey says Greece violates international humanitarian law and applies force aga

(With UNI inputs)