Elements showing the reduced migratory flows in Evros were presented at a meeting held today at the Officers’ Club in Soufli, with the participation of the Minister of Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis and senior officers and officers.
In particular, according to the data, “the 7 months of 2024 were made 3,421 arrests of immigrants for illegal entry into our country and this year in 2025, they have declined to 2,518. Similarly, in total in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, 3,629 immigrants were arrested for illegal entry into the country in the 7 months of 2024, and in their 7 months 2025, 2,877. ” The reduction is attributed to the strengthening of border storage measures, the completion of the construction of key sections of the fence and to the operation of an integrated automated electronic surveillance system along the border and the strengthening of police staff to guard the border even in the “second line”.
“The guarding of the border is an act of responsibility towards Greek society, it is an activity of security against the country and is also an act, also an act of legitimacy and respect for international law,” the Minister of Citizen Protection from the artificial obstacle of Manitsa in the field of Evros, said in the artificial obstacle.
“We will continue to build the fence with an additional 5 kilometers here, in this area we are in today, so that we can complete a series of critical and vulnerable points chosen by the Armed Forces and the Greek Police,” the Minister of Citizen Protection said.
“The guarding of the border in our country,” he added, “in recent years it has been flesh and bone through specific policies. We have about 2,000 staff here in Evros only, who keep the border daily and serve their duty daily. However, it is not only the human resources. It is technology, equipment. It is this work you see just behind me, the fence, which is an important deterrent project {…} Border guarding is not just a technical project, a technical affair. It is mainly a matter of patriotic responsibility, it is a matter of dedication to our duty, in order to serve with self -denial, which is demanded by all Greeks. Security, border security, legality and ultimately respect for international law. “
During his visit to Evros, Mr. Chrysochoidis – accompanied by ELAS Deputy Chief, Lieutenant General Paschalis Syritoudis, Northern Greece Police General Coordinator, Lieutenant General George Papadopoulos In the management of migration flows by the competent officers of the Armed Forces, the Greek Police, and the technical adviser to the contractor.
Mr. Chrysochoidis also met with Mayor Soufliou Panagiotis Kalakkikos and Deputy Commander George Britsos, who serves in the Alexandroupolis Traffic Department, who congratulated him because while he was out of service he saved a taxi driver who fell into the water.
Source: Skai
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