The
Macedonian army on Saturday started building a fence on the border with Greece,
becoming the latest country in the region to use a barrier to attempt to
control the flow of migrants heading through its territory towards western
Europe. A government spokesman said that the fence should “direct the inflow of
people” and the border will remain open.
On Thursday migrants from Morocco, Algeria
and Pakistan were detained by police after they responded to being denied
access by tearing down part of the wire fence.
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday
condemned the restrictions. “Profiling asylum seekers on the basis of their
alleged nationality infringes the human right of all people to seek asylum,
irrespective of their nationality and to have their individual cases heard.”
On Sunday, EU leaders will meet Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in
Brussels to approve and implement an action plan to cope with the refugee
crisis. Hungary was the first EU country to secure its border in response to
the refugee crisis. It set up a fence on the frontier with Croatia and Serbia
in October. Slovenia then began putting up a wire fence along part of its
border with Croatia.
Slovenia’s Prime Minister Miro Cerar said
the fence “will have the objective of directing migrants towards the border
crossings. We are not closing our borders.” Austria also announced at the end
of October the construction of a fence to ensure an “orderly, controlled
entry.” The Balkan route is the main road for migrants who enter Europe via
Turkey and Greece heading for countries like Germany, where they hope to gain
asylum.
Πηγή: politico.eu
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