One in eight illegal immigrants coming to Greece in the EU - is that the will of the government in Athens soon be closing. A more than 200 kilometers long fence along the border with Turkey to stop the flow. Example is the controversial U.S. defense against Mexico. Athens - Two months ago it is just that Greece has the support of the EU's border agency Frontex has requested - Athens alone is no longer able to deal with the refugee crisis to be finished.Now the government is planning an additional border fence along the 206 kilometer border with Turkey. That said, the Greek Minister of Civil Protection, Christos Papoutsis, the semi-official Greek news agency ANA. "The cooperation with the border guards from other EU countries are going well," said Papoutsis.
"Now we are planning to build a fence to ward off illegal migration." As a model to apply to the fence that the U.S. has built along the border with Mexico. It is unclear what holds the EU Commission thereof. Finally, the EU opened accession negotiations with Turkey. The Greek-Turkish border through lowland river Evros (Turkish: Meric) River Delta and the River.
In 2010, according to the minister were "every day around 200 refugees from Turkey. 300 000 illegal immigrants, the EU Commission considers the situation in the Evros is alarming: in the cities to beg on the streets of thousands of illegal migrants. Hundreds try to get on a ferry to Italy.
Meanwhile, almost one in ten people living in Greece a foreigner from outside the European Union. About 300,000 people are illegally in the country. They originate mainly from Afghanistan, Iraq and North African countries. EU officials to help Greece to control the border with Turkey and refugees to bring to the reception camps.
It is unclear, however, as we go from here then. Reception centers are completely overcrowded. Human rights groups sharply criticize the Greek asylum policy and the Greek states in shelters.
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