Greek Prime Minister Kiryakos Mitsotakis, together with Greek Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos, visited the Evros region of Greece on the Turkish border. Mitsotakis’ election promise was on the agenda. Here are the details of the news…
While campaigning for the country’s general elections, Mitsotakis promised to build a wall along the country’s entire land border with Turkey. Explaining that they plan to add 35 kilometers to the existing 37.5 kilometers long steel wall in the next 12 months, Prime Minister Mitsotakis stated that if another government comes to power, this plan may be completely out of the agenda.
Stating that more than 100 kilometers of walls will be added by 2026, he said, “I would like to express my regret that there are political forces fighting against this project in Greece today. The existing wall and the walls we promised will be an effective deterrent against illegal immigration. The wall we built last year was more than 250 thousand from our land border. It helped prevent too many crossings.” said.
Türkiye-GREECE LAND BORDER
There is a 212 km land border between Türkiye and Greece. The wall project started with the construction of a 3 meter high and 12.5 kilometer long metal wall on the border by Greece in 2012 to prevent the passage of Syrian refugees, and the construction of a new 5 meter high and 27 kilometers long steel wall against immigrants from Afghanistan in October 2020. continued with.
Today, there are acoustic interceptors and active border teams on the Greek side of the wall, which stretches for 37.5 kilometers. According to the Rescue report, there are 119,700 refugees in Greece. (UAV)