Greece says planned border fence not against Turkey

A fence Greece plans to build on its border with Turkey to stop undocumented immigrants is not intended to be against Turkey , Greece 's Citizen Protection Minister Christos Papoutsis said on Monday, but is instead meant to ease and boost mutual cooperation. Papoutsis said Greece plans to build a fence along a section of its border with Turkey , the busiest transit point for illegal migration to Europe . Earlier reports speculated that Greece was planning a fence along the entire 200-kilometer-plus border, which mostly runs along a river. "In an effort to manage the inflow of illegal migrants, we are proceeding with the installation of means to deter illegal entries along a 12.5-kilometer land border in Evros," Papoutsis said. The fence will be built in the area where most migrants attempt to enter, officials said. Last year some 128,000 migrants crossed into Greece , more than 40,000 of them at the Evros border post, Papoutsis said. "This is the hard reality, and we have an obligation to Greek citizens to deal with it."