 Greece said on Friday it had completed a 40 km fence on its border with Turkey. Also, a new surveillance system was in place to stop possible asylum seekers from trying to reach Europe following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. Events in Afghanistan have fuelled fears in the European Union of a repeat of the 2015 refugee crisis. Then, nearly a million people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and beyond crossed to Greece from Turkey before travelling north to wealthy estates. Greece has stepped up efforts to patrol its borders by completing a 40 km fence on its boundary with Turkey and installed a new surveillance system to stop possible asylum seekers from trying to reach Europe following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. The Afghanistan crisis has created possibilities for migrant flows. Citizens Protection Minister Mikhailes Christochoides said after visiting the region of Evros on Friday with the Defence Minister and the head of the armed forces. He added, We support the democratic rights and freedoms of people, but we cannot allow the instrumentalisation of migrant flows that could possibly occur. The Taliban's rapid takeover has fuelled fears in Europe of a repeat of the 2015 refugee crisis when nearly a million people fleeing war and poverty crossed to Greece from Turkey before travelling north to wealthy estates. Greek Prime Minister Kirios Mitsotakis and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the issue of Afghanistan in a phone conversation on Friday with Erdogan saying Afghanistan and Iran, a key route for Afghans into Turkey, should be supported or a new migration wave was inevitable, a statement from his office said. Greece has hardened its migration policy in recent months by fencing off its migrant camps. It has in the recent past stopped people entering its waters, though it denies widely reported allegations of so-called pushbacks. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.