Ministers visit Evros border, say ‘state of emergency’ not over

Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis on Monday joined his Defense counterpart Nikos Panagiotopoulos on a visit to the Greek-Turkish border area of Evros, where they stressed that despite the departure of thousands of migrants and refugees from the Kastanies crossing, the "state of emergency" is not over.

The visit comes just a few days after a makeshift camp on the Turkish side of the border was dismantled and hundreds of refugees and migrants who have been waiting for the border to yield so they could push into Europe were evicted from the area.

"We are back at the Kastanies border post in order to assess the situation," Panagiotopoulos said after being briefed by the chief of the National Defense General Staff, Konstantinos Floros.

"We also has the opportunity to talk with the leaderships of the armed forces and the Hellenic Police on the...