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Balkans |  Greece puts 250 border police on the Turkish border

Greece will appoint 250 border police to intensify patrols and surveillance in the Evros (Erik) region on the Turkish border.

Greece Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos, in his speech during the 2023 budget negotiations in Parliament, Prevent the passage of immigrants He said that the fences erected for this purpose will extend along the border, electronic monitoring systems will be upgraded and 250 new border police will be deployed.

Explaining that their priority as a ministry is to prevent illegal crossings, Theodorikakos stated that in 2022, 250,000 illegal crossings were prevented and 1,200 human smugglers were seized.

Athens increased the length of the steel fence it erected on its land border with Turkey to 40 kilometers to prevent irregular migration, and the construction of the fence was completed in August 2021.

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