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Europe
Greece Used As Portal To Europe For Muslim Illegal Immigrants
2010-12-21
Already struggling with a massive debt crisis that is shrinking its economy, Greece is also facing a rising tide of illegal immigration.

The country's land border with Turkey makes it a major gateway to the European Union, which says more than 90 percent of this year's illegal immigrants entered through Greece.

Despite EU assistance, Greece is overwhelmed by the influx of migrants who believe the financially crippled nation still has more to offer than their home countries.
That's very likely true and a sad commentary on the home countries ...
In the past, migrants would have crossed into Europe by sea. But improved coast guard patrols have cut off those routes, so now smugglers use the land border between Greece and Turkey. Illegal crossings at the border went up nearly 370 percent this year, according to Frontex, the European Union border agency.

"This is a really massive flow of migrants across the border," Frontex spokesman Michal Parzyszek says. "I mean, people are asking what Greece could do. I cannot imagine any country to handle this issue alone."

Frontex says fewer people have crossed since November, when the agency sent 175 officers to help the Greek police. The migrants travel without papers. Frontex says almost half claim false nationalities from war-torn countries to get asylum.

Most migrants released from detention centers must leave Greece within 30 days.
Why not drive them to the border and then release them so that they leave the country in 30 minutes?
But most only get as far as Athens. In a dreary courtyard in the city center, migrants line up for free food prepared by local churches.

Frontex expects more than 80,000 people to have entered Greece illegally by the end of the year.
Posted by: Anonymoose

#2  Frontex expects more than 80,000 people to have entered Greece illegally by the end of the year.

Hah! The US-Mexican border does that in a week. Every week.
Posted by: Eohippus Angereper8228   2010-12-21 20:57  

#1  migrants line up for free food prepared by local churches

Ahhhh. Now I see the problem.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2010-12-21 14:18  

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