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Greece: EU’s external border is hardening, attitudes are too

The sun sets behind a field of cotton in Evros region Greece, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A road among wheatfields is seen in Evros region Greece, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A police border vehicle patros along a border wall near the town of Feres, along the Evros River which forms the the frontier between Greece and Turkey on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. GGreece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Police border guard holds his benoculars along a border wall near the town of Feres, along the Evros River which forms the the frontier between Greece and Turkey on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Police border guards patrol along a border wall near the town of Feres, along the Evros River which forms the the frontier between Greece and Turkey, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A roadside shrine stands at the Evros Delta that forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Police border vehicle drives during a patrol along a border wall near the town of Feres, along the Evros River which forms the the frontier between Greece and Turkey on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Police border guards patrol along a border wall near the town of Feres, along the Evros River which forms the the frontier between Greece and Turkey on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Police border guards patrol along a border wall near the town of Feres, along the Evros River which forms the the frontier between Greece and Turkey on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Farm worker Stavros Lazaridis loads bales of hay onto a truck near the village of Poros in the Greek side of the border with Turkey on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of border wall in the region to fight a surge in illegal migration. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Police monitor screens at an operation center located at the main airport in Alexandroupolis, Greece, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Information from cameras and senors from fixed and mobile positions along the Greek-Turkish border is processed using a machine learn program to flag potential illegal crossings by migrants. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) The Evros River that forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Tourist take part on a boat trip 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 a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) 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 a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A boy look on 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 a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) 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 a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A heron stands in front of reeds among the Evros River that forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) 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 a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) 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 a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greece: EU’s external border is hardening, attitudes are too