Greek authorities say they will start work next month on a 10-kilometre fence on the country’s border with Turkey to deter waves of illegal immigration.
Public Order Minister Christos Papoutsis said on Monday that the border fence is expected to be finished by the beginning of September, and will cost more than $4 million.
The double fence, with a 13-foot high fill of razor wire, will stretch between the villages of Kastanies and Nea Vyssa in the border Evros region, near the northeastern town of Orestiada.
The debt-crippled country receives thousands of illegal immigrants from Turkey every year. Most of the border is delineated by the Evros River, but the fence will cover a short stretch where the two countries are divided by land and it is easier to cross.
(source, foto: AP)
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