Greece said it had completed a 40-km fence on its border with Turkey and a new surveillance system was in place to stop possible asylum seekers from trying to reach Europe following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.
Greece was on the frontline of that crisis and has said its border forces are on alert to make sure it does not become Europe’s gateway again.
The Afghanistan crisis had created possibilities for migrant flows. We cannot wait, passively, for the possible impact. Our borders will remain safe and inviolable,” Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis said after visiting the region of Evros on Friday with the defence minister and the head of the armed forces.
Chrisochoidis said the extension to the existing 12.5-kilometre fence had been completed in record time, as well as a hi-tech, automated electronic monitoring system.
