Defenseless country

Delineating maritime borders is a very difficult task and, naturally, so is securing them. Understandably, there is a debate regarding issues such as territorial waters, sovereign rights, the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). These concepts do nothing to curb the flows of refugees, migrants or other undocumented individuals who are crossing the border into Greece. Even less so considering the fact that Greece's neighbor across the Aegean shows little willingness to curb these population movements.

Things are of course different where there is a land border, a clearly demarcated and (in theory, at least) secured frontier. The recent spike in the number of refugee and migrant crossings via the Evros border raises questions. So do reports that hundreds of people are crossing into the country from Albania on a daily basis to ravage the precious herbs in...