Walls in America and Europe
In addition, the wall between Mexico and the United States, in America there are other countries with this type of barrier.
The Dominican Republic began in February 2022 the construction of a wall on its border with Haiti, submerged in a deep economic, political and security crisis, according to a report by the digital media. Different Latitudes. This concrete wall, which will cover 160 km, will be four meters high and will have 19 watchtowers, will cost around 30 million dollars.
Another border wall is the one that Argentina built on its border with Paraguay in 2014. The four kilometer and five meter high barrier between the city of Posadas and the Paraguayan Encarnación was announced as a supposed road improvement work that would serve, at the same time , to prevent smuggling, indicates the same source.
In 2017, Ecuador began building one between its Huaquillas municipality and the Peruvian town of Aguas Verdes.
In Europe, there is a border fence between some countries of the European Union, such as Poland, with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, which has a total length of 4,278 kilometers.
Greece also has a fence to mark its border with Türkiye. The barrier of thick metal bars and five meters high is located in the east of the country, in the waters of the Evro river. In April this year, the Greek government announced its intentions to extend the fence, which is already 3.5 km long, by another 35 km before the end of the year and by a further 100 km in 2026.