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The Greek Prime Minister’s Office announced on Saturday that an iron barrier will be installed next April to curb immigration on Greece’s northeast border with Turkey.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said after his visit to the region to inspect the project’s progress that construction is necessary “for Greek citizens to feel safe.”
The Prime Minister’s Office announced, in a statement, that the government intends to employ an additional 400 border guards for the Evros region of northeast Greece, and will reinforce an existing 10 km long border fence.
A project to establish a 26 km border barrier in the Evros region was announced after attempts to cross migrants increased in February and March, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the opening of the gates to that migrants on Turkish territory travel to Europe.
On the other hand, Greece’s plan to erect a 2.7-kilometer floating border barrier in the Aegean Sea seems unlikely, as the daily Kathimerini reported that the Coast Guard is not willing to use this plan to prevent the arrival of ships. of migrants.
Human rights organizations have also criticized the floating barrier, believing it could endanger the lives of asylum seekers who flock to inflatable boats, in attempts that often require urgent rescue operations.
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