Evros fence

The Greek Prime Minister said he will continue to pursue EU funding for the barrier fence along the Evros border with Turkey. 

Greece is ready to proceed with the gradual expansion of the fence barrier along the entire length of the Evros border with Turkey.

Greece has reportedly asked the European Commission to use EU funds to extend the fence it has built on Evros at the border with Turkey to prevent illegal migrants from entering the country. Greece has already built a 40 kilometers...

A barbed-wire fence running along a 12.5-kilometer (7.76-mile) stretch of land border between Greece and Turkey is expected to be finished and operational by mid-December in a bid to keep out illegal immigrants, sources at the Public Order Ministry ...

A fence along the Greek-Turkish border designed to prevent illegal immigration through the northern region of river Evros, will be up and fully operational by the end of the month, authorities have told the newspaper Kathimerini. More than half of...

3,000 illegal immigrants crossed the Greek borders during the first two months of 2012 only from Northern Evros, when last year the same figure totaled 1,609 –therefore minus 50%. Despite the public announcements of Frontex regarding the construction of...