Greece's plan to build a 2.7 kilometre-long floating barrier in the sea to prevent refugees from coming to Europe has sparked outcry. Here's why
Refugees and migrants arrive on a rubber dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean on October 19, 2015
Since 2015, millions of refugees mainly from Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea, had taken extremely dangerous journeys to reach the European shores in Greece, Italy and Spain. Greek Defence Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos told local Skai Radio that he believes the floating barrier would decrease the number of refugees, similar to a cement and barbed-wire fence that Greece built along its northern border with Turkey in 2012.
As the refugee arrivals are concentrated on the Greek islands, the conditions in overcrowded camps are poor and unsafe for thousands of refugees. In the face of refugee waves however, Greece’s newly formed centre-right government has promised to take a tougher line on the refugee crisis and it plans to set up detention facilities to speed up deportations.
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