Greek border, expand steel walls!

On August 23, local time, the Greek Diplomacy and Defense Commission (KYSEA) decided to take additional measures to protect the country's border to respond to the significantly upgrade of Turkey's actions to push refugees and illegal immigrants into Greece.

These measures include the steel walls built by the Evros region in northeast Greece to prevent the influx of refugees and illegal immigrants continued to extend to eventually cover the entire Evros border. Minister of Greek immigration and asylum policy, Notis Mitarakis, announced in an interview with the media on August 19 that it will extend about 80 kilometers of steel walls near the border between the Evrose River and the Turkish border. Prevent immigrants from entering the country from Turkey and taking Greece into other EU countries. He said: "We can't talk about a closed Europe, but we cannot have a European dealer determined who can enter."

In addition, the Greek government also decided to upgrade the ability of electronic monitoring, including using more drones, cameras and other equipment. Due to the recent number of refugees and illegal immigrants through Hai and Lu from the recent sea and land. Greece is expected to allocate 800 million euros to strengthen the equipment of the Coast Guard. The 250 police officers who have been selected in Greece will begin training in October so that they can stop at the border before the end of autumn.

Greece has long accused Turkey of using immigrants as a tool for pressure on the EU, while Turkey retorted that the country has accommodated about 4 million refugees and assumed a heavy burden of incomparable proportion. (Cai Ling)

Photo source: Daily. Kathimerini.gr

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