“In principle and in keeping with the prevailing narrative, the fence on the Evros serves two functions: to guard the nation’s borders and safety and to safeguard the native inhabitants. In follow, immigration seems to pose no extra of a risk to the safety of the nation and its inhabitants than it does to the remainder of Europe. … The individuals residing within the Evros area even have much more severe causes to fret concerning the (non-existent) inflow of migrants. Their inhabitants has shrunk by 9.5 p.c within the final ten years. … In different phrases, measures to combine immigrants can be extra helpful than a fence, particularly since Greece has a shortfall of 200,000 employees within the agriculture, tourism and development sectors this yr.”