BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

KASTANIES, Greece—Greece said Monday it soon will begin building a fence six miles (10 kilometers) long topped with razor wire on its border with Turkey to deter illegal immigrants.

Thousands of illegal immigrants cross from Turkey into Greece at this point each year, often then traveling to other parts of Europe.

Greek Public Order Minister Christos Papoutsis went to the border village of Kastanies on Monday to announce that work on the 13-foot-tall (four-meter-tall) fence will start next month and is expected to be ...