Greece overwhelmed by flood of Syrian refugees
Greece is a small country compared to this one. How many does it take to saturate this country the way Greece is now saturated with foreign nationals that are a burden on Greece's resources?
Greece overwhelmed by flood of Syrian refugees
Sunday, August 26, 2012
If seven miles of razor-wire fence along the Turkish border doesn’t stem the flow of illegal immigrants into Greece, authorities hope that beefed-up border control with nearly 1,900 armed guards will.
“The country is about to perish,” warned Greek Minister for Civil Protection Nikolaos Dendias on national television, announcing the tripling of border-control personnel. “We are facing an invasion.” ...
There are currently 80,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey, according to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Greek officials say they expect nearly 15,000 of them to try to enter Greece by the end of September.
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