Turkey- Migrant Backlog Builds up at Greece's Border with Macedonia
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) >Up to 10000migrantsandrefugeeswere stuckonGreece’s border withMacedoniaon Tuesday waitingto be allowed tocontinue their journey to westernEuropean countries in which they want to seek asylum newswires reported.
On MondayMacedoniaallowedonly 30refugeesto pass according toThe Associated Press.On Tuesday however borderpolice has let no one in citing a similar policy bySerbia.
Up to 10000 peoplemostly Syrian and Iraqirefugees werewaitingatGreece’sIdomenibordercrossingin deteriorating conditions according toGreek police estimates.
Thebacklog ofmigrantsinGreecehas built up over the past 10 days afterseveral European nations led byAustriacapped the number ofmigrantsthey would take in.
EU members Slovenia and Croatia as well as non-EUMacedoniaandSerbiaannounced last week that they wouldlimitthe number of asylum seekers allowed to enter their territory to 580 a day.
"These unilateral actions have infuriatedGreeceand threatened to damage the unity of the 28-nation European Union"according to the newswire.
Macedonian police on Mondayusedtear gasand stun grenades to push backmigrants who tried to break through a barbed wire fencefrom Greece.
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