Greece said on Friday it had completed a 40-kilometer fence on its natural border with Turkey and installed a new surveillance system amid concerns the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan could lead to increased migration flows to Europe.
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The conflict in Afghanistan has fueled fears in Europe of a repeat of the 2015 refugee crisis when nearly a million people fleeing conflicts in the Middle East and beyond crossed to Greece from Turkey before continuing to other EU states.
Greece, on the front line of that crisis, has said its border forces are on the alert to make sure it does not become Europe's gateway again.
Greece, where some 60,000 migrants remain since 2015, has hardened its migration policy in recent months by fencing off its migrant camps and intensifying border patrols by land and sea. Migrant arrivals to Greece have overall slowed to a trickle since 2016 when the EU agreed to a deal with Turkey to stem the flows in exchange for financial support.
