Between 700 and 1,500 migrants, coming mainly from Algeria, Morocco, Iran and Pakistan, have been stranded near the Greek border town of Idomeni for almost two weeks now after Macedonia restricted passage in the wake of the November 13 terror attacks in Paris.
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Today’s clashes saw some of the migrants throw stones at the police while shouting: “We want to go to Germany”.
The Dutch government has brokered a deal with municipal and provincial authorities to house thousands of migrants who have been granted refugee status. Similar measure was taken by Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, too.
The arrivals are dividing the Dutch public, with opponents regularly protesting at public meetings to discuss housing asylum seekers while an organization that helps refugees reported this week that it had registered more than 10,000 new volunteers in just over two months.
Deputy Prime Minister Asa Romson’s voice cracked, and could hardly hold back the tears as she announced Tuesday that her country’s “open door” policy on refugees is ending.
Hungary’s fence is there to keep out all migrants, whom the government considers a threat to European security and wealth, and a danger to “Christian values”, Macedonian government spokesman, Aleksandar Gjorgjie said.
Macedonian soldiers are raising a fence on the country’s southern border with Greece to try to manage the flow of migrants better.
Members of the Frontex, European Border Protection Agency, from Portugal patrol the coast off the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. She said that despite harsh weather conditions, on average 5,000 people were still arriving to the Macedonian border every day.
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Tension has flared on the Greek side of the Greece-Macedonia border as a migrant suffered severe burns when he touched a high-voltage cable. “(They are) are frustrated – they cannot understand how it is possible that a week ago other people from the same country could cross and now they cannot”.
