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Macedonia is building a second fence on border with Greece
He emerges five meters behind the fence, in November, at the border of Greece is pulled up. The government in Athens has been a Long time in the criticism, the EU external border are not enough to protect it.
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Terminus Greek-Macedonian border?
Macedonian soldiers near the border town of Gevgelija started directly in the existing Grenzsperre a new chainlink fence with the barbed wire to build. “The message to immigrants is: Give it up, the border illegally to cross,” said an officer. As local media reports, the new fence 37 kilometers long.
Since November, the small Balkan state only refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan into the country, because they view asylum in Germany or other EU countries. Still trying
Refugees from other countries, from Greece coming through Macedonia continues towards the Northwest to reach.
Austria’s foreign Minister Kurz seeks allies for new Grenzschutzprojekte
Greece stands for months under pressure, because the majority of the over the Turkey coming refugees unhindered through the Balkans towards Austria, Germany and Sweden travel. Most of them come over to Macedonia. Last year there were 700,000 people, and in January again, 50,000 refugees.
Austria’s foreign Minister on Balkantour
The Austrian foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz started meanwhile in Sarajevo is a journey through several countries in the Balkans. Obviously when it comes to Considerations of his country, the Macedonian-Greek border, from EU police and soldiers to protect to let.
The government in Vienna had repeatedly asked Greece to its Schengen external border to Turkey is more effective to back up. If that does not happen, could be the Plan B of the enhanced border security in Macedonia to be implemented.
If Greece can’t manage to do, the border to Turkey to save, need to do this in the Balkans – “with Slovenia, with Croatia, with Serbia, with Macedonia”, had Briefly at a foreign Ministers meeting on Saturday in Amsterdam said. In addition, he criticized the Greek government, there is still no awareness of “how serious the Situation is in the countries of destination”.
uh/jj (dpa, afp)