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Greece: Evros: Migrants on the frontiers of EU
There is no illegal human being in this world. In November last year, the European Union's border police sent emergency forces (Frontex) to help guard Greece's borders. Most illegal migrants enter Greece through its 200km border with Turkey. Between 70 to 90% of irregular migrants enter Europe through Greece and the country is struggling to cope. All the detention centers in the area are full and the government has backlog of at least 60,000 asylum cases. Those migrants that make it across the River Evros or past the heavily patrolled 12.5km land section of the border, walk through acres of marshy land, wheat and asparagus fields until they reach an inviting village. Many of them walk for hours through mud and swamps, and usually at daybreak, following the train track south towards Alexandroupolis. Other migrants seek shelter in abandoned buildings. On the way they discard passports and ID in order to say they are from countries Greece cannot deport them to, like Afghanistan, Palestine or Somalia. In my eyes, Evros is the incorruptible Greece that hasn’t yet vanished, the hospitality of the inhabitants of the border with the earthly eyes, the watery virgin plains of the border and the courage, which along with aspiration and hope is deeply implanted in the deserted human heart… Maro Kouri
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