41,973 asylum seekers are in the country, including some 12,000 stuck at Idomeni on the closed Macedonian border.
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In chaotic scenes at the nearby border village of Hamilo, Greek and worldwide volunteers helped migrants across the river, using ropes to make sure they weren’t swept away by the rapids.
But twice they managed to get round Greek police, the first time because there were too many of them, the second time because police vehicles could not follow the migrants into the river.
On Monday, more than 1000 migrants left the camp to find a way around the twin border fences Macedonia built to keep them out. Hours before the outflow of refugees, three Afghan migrants drowned while attempting to cross the river.
Monday’s tragedy occurred as more than 44,000 refugees and migrants remain stranded in Greece after the gradual closing of borders along the Balkan route to central Europe since mid-February.
Macedonian police and soldiers then detained the migrants, putting them in army trucks.
However, certain Governments and Soros backed NGOs are constantly feeding migrants with false information telling them the borders are open and riches await them in Germany, Sweden and Norway.
According to the Macedonian Media news outlet, the refugees, who have been making their way through Greece under police supervision, were met by Macedonia’s law enforcement personnel at the border.
Borders have shut across Europe’s main bloc in recent months in a bid to stem the flow of over 1m migrants coming form Africa and war torn Syria.
Afgani, Marrocan, Iranian and other illegal migrants were greeted this morning by few dozen individuals on the Greek side of the border who according to journalists claimed they were members of an “NGO” group.
The assessment came in a UNHCR legal note, seen by The Associated Press on Monday, examining the European Union’s planned deal with Ankara to send thousands of migrants in Greece back to Turkey.
But Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said it was time to say enough to the selfishness of countries that thought raising a wall was a lasting response to the migrant challenge.
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“How long can we turn a blind eye on all this, looking only at our next election, instead of patiently continue working at the European construction?”
