Amid fear of Afghan refugee crisis, Greece, Hungary bolster borders, as Biden abandons wall

Just The News: With an initial 35,000 Afghans slated to be flown to military bases in New Jersey, Wisconsin and Texas, other countries have enacted policies to block refugees from entering, including building walls to prevent illegal entry — even as the Biden administration’s halt on construction of the U.S. border wall costs taxpayers $3 million per day, according to an estimate by Senate Republicans.

Greece announced that it recently completed a 24.85 mile wall along its border with Turkey and put in place a new surveillance system to stop potential asylum seekers from entering after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.

Many in the European Union are afraid a flood of Afghans will overwhelm Europe, repeating the 2015 refugee crisis, when nearly one million people fleeing war, poverty and chaos in the Middle East crossed into Greece to get to other countries.

“In 2014, when waves of refugees began flooding into western Europe, citizens and officials alike responded with generosity and openness,” recounted Cheryl Benardin a 2017 article for the National Interest. “Exhausted refugees spilled out of trains and buses to be met by crowds bearing gifts of clothing and food, and holding up placards that read ‘Welcome Refugees.'”
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