Europe migrant crisis: Main threat to Bulgaria from Greek, not Turkish, border – PM Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told Parliament on March 25 that he does not expect a massive influx of migrants across the Turkish border, but sees the main threat as coming from the Greek border.

Borissov was answering questions in the National Assembly about the readiness of Bulgaria’s police and military to deal with a migrant influx and about the recent joint exercises held at various points on Bulgaria’s borders.

“I expect that the main threat comes from the Greek, and not from the Turkish border,” Borissov told MPs.

Borissov said that Turkey had a very clear commitment to its agreement with the EU coming into force.

“At the moment, at the Bulgarian-Turkish border, the pressure is small. The real problem I expect to come from Greece.”

“The Greek border is very long and unprotected, so we held an exercise there, and are concentrating more forces and resources,” he said.

Borissov said that his other concern was that the Greek government was not taking adequate steps to deal with the flow of refugees.

While in FYROM [*], a poor country, refugee camps were fairly well-designed, the camps in Greece were in extremely poor condition.

“They are not ready, despite the commitment of Athens to complete them already at the end of November. The conditions are appalling, even,” Borissov said...
 [sofiaglobe.com]
25/3/16
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