Syrian migrant arrivals rise in Aegean

Authorities and residents in the northern region of Evros have told Kathimerini that the influx of undocumented immigrants into the country from the land border with Turkey has virtually stopped following a police crackdown while the number of would-be migrants entering the country illegally via the Aegean has skyrocketed, with some 60 percent of total illegal arrivals coming from strife-torn Syria.
(21.09.2012) Kathimerini English Edition
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