Any reliable leader knows that responsible immigration policies are imperative for national security. An open border amounts to an invitation to all manner of criminal and terrorist. Leaders who have implemented such policies have round-the-clock security, paid for by taxpayers. The economic future of these irresponsible “public servants” is also guaranteed, courtesy of taxpayers.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is now expanding a steel wall along the border with Turkey to keep illegals out. Mitsotakis has gone to the EU in hopes for financial aid for the wall, and he may stand a better chance now than he would have a couple of years ago. In 2021, the European Commission rejected formal pleas from 12 member nations to help finance border walls, but recently, the European Union made a U-turn, saying that it’s time to deport more illegals.
Greece has had longstanding issues with Turkish bullying, and has bravely stood up. Last year, Jihad Watch reported that tensions between Greece and Turkey were fueling fears of war between two NATO alliance members. According to the Associated Press:
Border security remains a high-profile issue in Greece due to long-standing disputes with Turkey and a mass migration of refugees and migrants into the European Union during 2015-16 that largely was triggered by war in Syria and Iraq.
This new turn may well cause further problems with Turkey, but Greece, unlike many Western countries, is acting in the best interests of its citizens and refusing to kowtow to Turkey.
Greece’s general elections are coming up on May 21, and Mitsotakis has made the border fence issue an election pledge.
“Contract For Greece’s Evros Border Fence Extension Signed,” by Paula Tsoni, Greek Reporter, April 1, 2023:
The construction contract for the 35 kms extention of the barrier fence along the Evros border with Turkey was signed on Friday, in the presence of Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Speaking about the project, the Prime Minister reiterated the plan to extend the border fence to cover the entire 140 km length of the Greece’s land border with Turkey, and insisted that he will “continue at all levels to claim its financing with European funds.”
The fence extension contract was signed by Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos and representatives of the appointed construction companies, TERNA and Intrakat Group. Asylum & Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi was also in attendance.
The additional 35 kms of the fence will cover the Evros border from Psathades to Kornofolia and cost the Greek state 99.2 million euros in budget. Made of galvanized steel metal railing and measuring five meters high and six meters underground, it will also feature seven overhead anti-ballistic observatories with armored cabins.
Controversy around Evros border fence funding by the EU
Greece completed the construction of the first 37.5 kms of the Evros border fence in summer 2021.
The barrier was part of the country’s strategy to stop possible asylum-seekers from trying to reach Europe following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, as Greece was looking to prevent a recurrence of the events in 2020, when thousands of migrants and asylum seekers tried to storm the Greek border at Evros, demanding to pass through to the EU….
