An EU support mission operating on Greece's border with Turkey has helped stem last year's tide of irregular immigrants, but officials are nervous that Bulgarian entry into the visa-free Schengen Agreement could see activity return to Europe's south-eastern corner.
One man at the coalface who witnessed the dramatic upsurge in border crossings in 2010 is Brigadier General Georgios Salamagkas, head of the police directorate of Orestiada - the small Greek town beside the country's short s...
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