The Turkish newspaper Zaman pointed out that “the wall that Greece has erected along the 13-kilometer-long border to stop a wave of illegal immigration began to expand along the difficult border with Turkey last year.” In this context, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitrachi noted that “Turkey is clearly trying to use migrants to create a crisis in relations with Greece, and the numbers show this.”

He stressed that “during the migration crisis in 2015, one million Syrian refugees arrived in the country, after which their number dropped sharply. Currently, it is estimated that about 1,000 migrants cross the border illegally every day, and this number has increased by about 20 percent compared to the past year.” Regarding the expansion of the wall, he explained that “hundreds of additional border guards have been deployed along the Evros border to support patrols in recent weeks. wire and steel to the existing 40-meter wall “kilometers, for fear of a larger wave of migration.”