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Greece plans to install sea barrier to prevent influx of migrants

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Greece plans to install sea barrier to prevent influx of migrants
Greece plans to install sea barrier to prevent influx of migrants

Greece wants to put up a sea barrier to deter refugees and asylum-seekers from reaching its islands.

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RESTRICTIONS: Broadcast: NO USE JAPAN, NO USE TAIWAN Digital: NO USE JAPAN, NO USE TAIWAN Greece wants to put up a sea barrier to deter refugees and asylum-seekers from reaching its islands.

According to the BBC, migrants fleeing persecution and violence in countries like Afghanistan and Syria often try to reach Europe by traveling through Turkey to Greece.

Migrant camps on several Greek islands are now overcrowded, but plans to create new ones have only angered residents, who took to the streets to protest them.

With arrivals proving hard to manage, Greece is planning to install a floating barrier near the island of Lesbos on the Aegean Sea.

According to the Guardian, the 2.7-kilometer long netted barrier will rise from pylons 50 meters above water, and will be equipped with flashing lights.

Greece's defense ministry said the budget for the project is 500,000 euros, which includes around four years of maintenance costs.

The BBC reports that such barriers rising above sea level will make it difficult for small boats to pass, and may present a problem for propeller-driven vessels.

Greek authorities believe a sea barrier will be able to curb flows in a similar manner to the barbed-wire fence built in Evros, along the northern land border with Turkey, in 2012.

Amnesty International, meanwhile, criticized Greece's plan, warning that it would only add to the dangers refugees are already facing in their quest for safety.

RUNDOWN SHOWS: 1.

Refugee route to to Greece via Turkey 2.

Floating sea barrier near Lesbos 3.

Boats unable to pass barrier 4.

Evros barbed-wire fence along northern land border VOICEOVER (in English): "According to the BBC, migrants fleeing persecution and violence in countries like Afghanistan and Syria often try to reach Europe by travelling through Turkey to Greece." "With arrivals proving hard to manage, Greece is planning to install a floating barrier near the island of Lesbos on the Aegean Sea." "According to the Guardian, the 2.7-kilometer long netted barrier will rise from pylons 50 meters above water, and will be equipped with flashing lights." "The BBC reports that such barriers rising above sea level will make it difficult for small boats to pass, and may present a problem for propeller-driven vessels." "Greek authorities believe a sea barrier will be able to curb flows in a similar manner to the barbed-wire fence built in Evros, along the northern land border with Turkey, in 2012." SOURCES: The Guardian, BBC, New York Times https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/30/greece-plans-to-build-sea-barrier-off-lesbos-to-deter-migrants https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51308506 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/world/europe/greece-migrants-floating-barrier.html *** For story suggestions please contact tips@nextanimation.com.tw For technical and editorial support, please contact: Asia: +61 2 93 73 1841 Europe: +44 20 7542 7599 Americas and Latam: +1 800 738 8377

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