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With the harsh Islamists’ return to power in Kabul on August 15, the future of many Afghans became uncertain, raising concerns that millions of people from Afghanistan might flee to Europe.
According to Mikotakis, “it is important that the European Union supports the countries close to Afghanistan so that we do not have additional flows to Europe.”
During a meeting with European Parliament Vice President Roberta Metsola on Monday, Micotakis said Greece had managed to avoid mass migration in the past and would follow “the same policy” this time.
Government spokesman Janis Oikonomus said Monday that Athens’s approach to any possible escalation of immigration and the refugee issue “will not be frivolous.”
Greece is strengthening protection of its land border with Turkey, officials say. The country’s media reports that the Evre fence will soon be extended by 40 kilometers.
Dedicated to new drones, cameras and radars, 250 additional border guards will soon be hired.
Micotakis spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday about possible migration from Afghanistan.
The Greek government stated that “both leaders discussed the need for support [Afganistano] neighbors so Afghans stay as close to home as possible. “
There are currently 40,000 in Greece. asylum seekers and refugees from Afghanistan. Afghans make up the majority of migrants arriving in Greece, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Greece was at the forefront of the 2015 migration crisis, with more than a million people entering Turkey from the EU.
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