"Greece seeks border security funds" Associated Press September 05, 2014
PIRAEUS, Greece — Greece requested emergency European Union funding Thursday to protect its borders, with the financially troubled country warning that fighting in Syria and Iraq has triggered a migration crisis.
You can thank Washington D.C., and expect a lot more.
Coast guard officials said they expect a three-fold increase in the number of would-be immigrants and asylum seekers apprehended this year, compared with 2013, with more than half of the people entering Greece now coming from Syria.
‘‘The increase we’ve seen is concerning,’’ Marine Affairs Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said. ‘‘We can’t build a wall in the sea.’’
Ministry specialists, he said, estimated that more than 100,000 people are waiting to try and cross from Turkey’s coast into the European Union through Greece — a major transit point for migrants.
No concern regarding ISIS terrorists coming to get you?
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You can go on a scroll and decide if the Globe is keeping up with Greece okay.
