A 35-kilometer (21.7 miles) extension of a wall on Greece’s border near the Evros River to keep out refugees crossing from Türkiye is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.
Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos told SKAI TV that the contractor has been selected and the project will go ahead after the Court of Audit approves it.
It will cost 100 million euros ($106.85 million) and paid by Greece, which wants European Union to help to stop refugees and migrants who went to Türkiye fleeing war, strife, and economic hardship in their homelands.
He noted that the 26 other members of the EU “must comprehend that the borders at Evros are not just Greece’s borders, they are Europe’s borders with Türkiye,” too, hoping some would help defray the cost.
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