Europe "is here, united and determined to guard its borders from the invasion of despairing people," Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis said on Thursday during a visit at the Evros borders with Turkey.
Minister of Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis commented on the operations to evacuate the squatters in Koukaki and the attack on police, during a televised interview on Tuesday night.
By the end of the year, refugee families numbering a total of at least 20,000 individuals will have been transferred from the Greek islands to the mainland, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis was cited as saying by New Democracy (ND) party sources on Thursday.