The government’s goal is the immediate activation of the compensation process for the victims of the Evros fire, the Minister of State emphasized on Monday Makis Voridis during his visit to Alexandroupoli. Assuring the citizens of Evros that “for the government, our rural area is of primary importance”, he called on behalf of the Prime Minister all the agencies to immediately submit their thoughts and proposals for the future of the prefecture which the Prime Minister will take into account in view of the announcements in the next period of time to strengthen the area.

“My colleagues in the government will announce the institutional framework and explain the actions that have been initiated in order to deal with the damage that has been done here by the devastating fires. Obviously, compensation will move to levels that will cover material damage caused to houses, therefore to the urban fabric, damage done to crops, damage done to beekeeping, animal husbandry and damage to livestock.

“Obviously there are issues of aid to the Local Government where we have damages but also preventive measures that we must take to deal with the infrastructures that were affected but also in order to further shield the resilience to various possible phenomena that we will have to face in the future” added the minister

The close ascertainment of the extent of the damage suffered by Evros in order to immediately activate the compensation process and the invitation on behalf of the prime minister to all institutional entities and entities in the production, trade, tourism, primary sector to immediately submit the their proposals for the perspective and future of Evros, in order to be taken into account in the planning for the day after the fire, constitute the dual nature of today’s visit to the prefecture by the government echelon, according to the Minister of State.

During the press conference given after the end of the contacts that the members of the government had today in Evros, Mr. Voridis, thanking one by one all those participating in the extinguishing effort, the entire local government, the men and women, of the Hellenic of the Police, the Armed Forces, the Forestry Service who exaggerated themselves in an extremely difficult situation clarified that their present presence is not communicative but essential and translates into specific support measures.

“The policy to deal with illegal immigration is stable and strong”

Mr. Voridis made a special reference to the issue of dealing with illegal immigration, saying characteristically that the policy followed by the government on the issues of illegal immigration has not only not changed and relaxed, but remains stable and strong. He assured that the work of building the fence will continue, the further strengthening of policing and the strengthening of any political prevention of a phenomenon which, as he said, brutally affects our country and takes human lives. With the above data, he characterized as unnecessary but absolutely condemnable any assumption of responsibility by anyone who allegedly pretends that he can replace the state. “When you see the actions that the organized State is taking, it has already undertaken and will continue and intensify them further then it will become clear that all of this has absolutely no meaning and we must be firm in the way we stand against them,” he said typically Mr. Voridis.