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ATHENS Terence Garvin Seahawks Jersey , Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Greece was taking "all the measures as if borders have closed for good by activating a Plan B to deal with the refugee emergency," Greek Deputy Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas said on Sunday.


"We have submitted an emergency plan to the EU requesting an extra 450 million euros for setting up more temporary camps for the refugees that will be trapped in Greece," the Greek official told local Mega television channel.


As Balkan countries have stepped up border restrictions in the past week following Vienna's cap on crossings into Austria, the number of refugees and migrants stuck in Greece has increased to more than 20,000 within a few days Tre Madden Seahawks Jersey , according to the Greek ministry data.


The number could exceed 70,000 in a month, Mouzalas said, as the influx from Turkey via the Aegean Sea continued unabated.


More than one million refugees and migrants have landed on the Greek islands over the past year through Turkey to escape wars and poverty and continue their journey to central and northern Europe.


Before the construction of new fences and the increased border controls across the Balkans the overwhelming majority of incomers were leaving Greece through the neighboring Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) within a week on average.


Despite progress achieved in recent months by establishing a total of seven reception centers on the Greek islands and the mainland so far, Greek authorities cannot accommodate such numbers in the current overcrowded facilities.


As a result Chris Carson Seahawks Jersey , thousands of refugees, including entire families with children and elderly injured on wheelchairs, are spending the cold nights in unofficial camps set up in open squares in Athens or along the national highway which links the Greek capital to northern Greece.


Their common goal is to reach the border crossing of Idomeni between Greece and FYROM, although more than 6,500 people according to the latest estimates by Greek police are already "trapped" in the border camp there for days waiting to cross the border.