Constructing the Evros border fence, which the government expects to help prevent the influx of irregular migrants, is “a national demand,” said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Poros, near the border town of Feres on Friday, ANA reports.
The Greek PM was attending an event to sign the contract for the fence’s extension by 35km from its current length of 37.5km, from Psathades to Kornofolia, with a budget of 99.2 million euros.
Mitsotakis promised that the fence, made of galvanized steel metal railing measuring five meters high and six meters underground, will be extended to cover the entire 140km length of Greece’s land border with Türkiye.
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