Fra Snaphanen:
At times, the area has accounted for as much as 90% of detected illegal border crossings into the EU, according to Frontex, Europe’s border agency. Last year, about 55,000 illegal crossings were detected on Greece’s land border with Turkey, it says. Greek officials say they expect more than 100,000 migrants to arrive this year.
While the country’s total count of undocumented migrants and asylum-seekers isn’t clear, some academics place the number at 400,000 to 700,000. As homeless, unemployed migrants fill city squares and parks in Greece’s struggling cities, anti-immigrant sentiment is on the rise, with violent, racist attacks reaching “alarming proportions,” according to Human Rights Watch. Greece’s Migrant Influx Spurs EU Anger.
Hvis EU havde viljen, ville det ikke være svært selvom man skulle træde over forhindringer som kommissær Cecilia Malmström. Man kan rejse visum-frit fra hele Magreb til Istanbul, og derefter videre til den græske grænse, at kun 100.000 gør det, er et mirakel. Et uhyggeligt svagt og defensivt tænkende EU lader Tyrkiet fortsætte sin underminering af Grækenland år efter år.
