(Kathimerini) Amid rising acrimony with Turkey, plans are being drafted to deal with the possibility of an attempted mass entry of migrants into Greece at the instigation of Ankara in a repeat of the spring 2020 incident at the Evros land border.
More specifically, police authorities have updated the contingency plan they prepared last year, which provides for different levels of response depending on migration pressure.
One level foresees deployment of uniformed border police along the Evros border. This deployment has already begun given there is a 20% increase in migration pressure compared to last year. At the second level, the plan provides for reinforcements of uniformed officers from the regional units of Xanthi and Rodopi, while in case of a general crisis, police officers from all over northern Greece will also be dispatched to the area.
