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Monday, December 03, 2012

[Turkey, Greece] ANSA Med - Immigration: Greece, Evros fence ready by mid-December

03.12.2012. A barbed-wire fence running along a 12.5-kilometer stretch of land border between Greece and Turkey is expected to be finished and operational by mid-December and to decisively curb illegal immigration, sources at the Public Order Ministry have told Kathimerini.

The fence, which has been under construction since the summer, has already had a huge impact on the influx via the land border with illegal arrivals down by 95%, according to border guards.

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