Turkey shares a 200-kilometre (120 miles) frontier with Greece and the border is separated along the Evros river, called Meric in Turkish. In 2012, Greece built two three-meter tall barbed wire ...

Greece began extending the security fence along its rugged border with Turkey last year, a decade after Athens initially built a 13-kilometer fence in the region to stem the tide of illegal migration.

Around 400 people try to enter Greece illegally from Turkey ... kilometers along the Evros River, called Meric in Turkey. "The task (of protecting the border) needs the support ...

Greek authorities say they have requested European Union funding to extend the steel fence that runs along Greece’s land border with Turkey, with construction work set to kick off later this year.

A boy fishes as police border guards on a boat patrol along the Evros River that forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of ...

The United Nations has called for an urgent investigation after almost 100 migrants were found distressed, bruised and stripped naked at the border between Greece and Turkey — as the two ...

The United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) has said it is “deeply distressed” by reports of nearly 100 naked migrants at the border between Greece and Turkey. “UNHCR is deeply distressed ...

Almost all of the land border between Greece and Turkey is formed by the Evros River, called Meric in Turkey. The Evros is a key crossing point into Greece for people seeking a better life in the ...

The discovery of nearly 100 migrants found stripped naked near the border between Greece and Turkey has sparked an angry dispute between the neighbors and calls for an urgent investigation.

27, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) ISTANBUL — Turkey and Greece have concluded a fresh round of talks in Thessaloniki, Greece, as part of the 2025 implementation of ...

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Turkey shares a 200-km frontier with Greece and the border is separated along the Evros river, called Meric in Turkish. In 2012, Greece built two three-metre tall barbed wire barriers along 11 km ...