EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MACEDONIA-BUSES Buses carrying migrants leave Macedonian border with Greece

Record ID: 140634

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MACEDONIA-BUSES Buses carrying migrants leave Macedonian border with Greece
  • Date: 31st August 2015
  • Summary: GEVGELIJA, MACEDONIA (AUGUST 31, 2015) (REUTERS) MIGRANTS WALKING MAKING "V" SIGN MIGRANTS WALKING BETWEEN BUSES VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS ENTERING BUSES TWO BUSES PARKED ON ROAD MIGRANTS WALKING BY BUS MIGRANTS WAITING TO ENTER BUS MIGRANTS STANDING ON ROAD / BUSES PARKED MIGRANTS STANDING IN LINE CHILDREN STANDING / WAVING TO CAMERA MIGRANTS ENTERING BUS PEOPLE SITTING INSIDE BUS BUS DRIVING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 15th September 2015 13:00
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  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAAC7B4CKC8NO6JO12MXWRSYL17
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Macedonian authorities provided buses on Monday (August 31) to transport migrants and refugees northwards from the country's southern border with Greece.
    Earlier on Monday hundreds of migrants boarded government-provided trains which transported them to the country's northern border with Serbia.
    The flow of people travelling the Balkan route towards western Europe continues unabated, with some 2,500 people pouring into Macedonia from Greece daily.
    For most, the goal is to reach Germany, which announced that all Syrians fleeing the civil war in their country would be granted asylum once they reach the country.
    But after passing through non-European Union members Macedonia and Serbia, the last leg on their journey before getting into the EU's Schengen passport-free zone is Serbia's northern border with Hungary, which Hungarian authorities have reinforced by constructing a fence and wall, stepping up patrols and turning back hundreds who try crossing it on foot.
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