Illegal Immigration
Evros has become the access of choice for about three-quarters of illegal immigrants arriving into an EU member country. Over 120,000 migrants and political asylum seekers went to Greece in 2010, and more than 40,000 of them arrived through the Greece-Turkey area of the river. Asian and African migrants have started to use the Evros to reach the European Union after debated bilateral agreements blocked the traditional routes through Italy and Spain.
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