ATHENS – Greece plans to increase a cement and barbed-wire fence alongside its northern border with Turkey to stop migrants from coming into the nation, its citizen safety minister mentioned on Tuesday.
The 40-kilometres fence shall be prolonged by one other 140 kilometres, Takis Theodorikakos mentioned throughout a go to within the area of Evros.
The fence, initially put in in 2012, was final prolonged in 2021, a 12 months after tens of 1000's of asylum seekers tried to cross into the European Union by means of Greece’s northern border, when Turkey mentioned it could not stop them from doing so.
Historic rivals whereas additionally NATO allies, Greece and Turkey have been at odds over a spread of points, together with migration and vitality sources in recent times.
Greece was the frontline of Europe’s migration disaster in 2015 and 2016 when one million refugees fleeing struggle and poverty from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan arrived, primarily through Turkey.
The variety of arrivals has fallen sharply since then, however in latest months, Greek authorities mentioned they've stopped a big variety of individuals from coming into.
In line with police information, within the first seven months of the 12 months, authorities arrested 7,484 refugees and migrants, of which 3,554 have been in Evros.
Theorodikakos mentioned the undertaking goals to ship a transparent message of Greece’s dedication “in opposition to those that spend money on human struggling to serve hid pursuits” and “in opposition to those that weaponise migration in an try and blackmail Europe”.
The conservative authorities additionally plans to rent 250 border guards and improve its surveillance programs within the space.
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