By Alimat Aliyeva
The barrier fence under construction in the Evros region on the
Greek-Turkish land border is 100% effective in preventing the entry
of illegal migrants, 150 additional border guards will be sent to
the border in this area, bringing their number to 600,
Azernews reports.
Gerapetritis, quoted by the press service of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, inspected the construction of the barrier.
“It is 100% effective in terms of protecting national and
European borders,” the minister said. For this reason, 150 more
border guards will be added to the 450 border guards already
recruited over the past two years to support the second line of
defense.”
The Greek authorities have been building a barrier fence on the
border since 2020. This helped deter attempts to break through in
the spring of 2020 by tens of thousands of illegal migrants from
Turkiye. In August 2022, the Greek government announced its
decision to extend the barrier fence along the entire length of the
Evros River (approximately 200 km).
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