Migrants clash with police at Greece-Macedonia border

Hundreds of refugees stranded at the Greece-Macedonia border tried to break through a border fence and enter Macedonia from Greece, where more than 7,000 people are stranded. The situation provoked clashes and anger mounted over barriers that had been put up to prevent entry of migrants flooding into Europe. This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 1 March 2016.

There wre clear signs of deepening divisions within Europe as German Chancellor Angela Merkel lashed out at Austria and Balkan states for introducing tight limits on migrant entries - that left Greece stuck with refugee boats continuing to arrive from Turkey. Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov has warned that once Austria reaches its cap of a maximum 37,500 migrants transiting through this year, the refugee route through the Balkans will have to close. Macedonian police had to fire tear gas at the border as some 300 migrants forced their way through a Greek police cordon and raced towards a railway track between the two countries. There was a stampede and at least 30 people, many of them children, had to be given first aid in the stampede. This has been informed by the charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The protest took place several hours after Macedonia allowed just 300 Syrians and Iraqis to cross.


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