EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MACEDONIA BORDER Crowds of migrants make dash for north-bound train from Macedonia
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141711
EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MACEDONIA BORDER Crowds of migrants make dash for north-bound train from Macedonia
- Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MACEDONIA BORDER Crowds of migrants make dash for north-bound train from Macedonia
- Date: 7th September 2015
- Summary: NEAR GEVGELIJA, MACEDONIA (MACEDONIAN SIDE OF BORDER WITH GREECE) (SEPTEMBER 7, 2015) (REUTERS) MACEDONIAN POLICE CORDON BY PARKED ARMOURED VEHICLE MIGRANTS HOLDING REGISTER PAPERS WALKING NEAR POLICE MIGRANTS RUNNING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING MIGRANTS WAITING BEHIND BARBED WIRE TO CROSS INTO MACEDONIA MACEDONIAN POLICEMAN HOLDING REGISTER PAPERS MIGRANTS WAITING BEHIND BARBED WIRE TO CROSS INTO MACEDONIA MIGRANTS WALKING ON GRAVEL ROAD BY PARKED ARMOURED VEHICLE VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING TOWARDS CAMP MACEDONIAN FLAG, MIGRANTS STANDING IN FIELD MAN CARRYING CHILD GEVGELIJA, MACEDONIA (SEPTEMBER 7, 2015) (REUTERS) MIGRANTS IN LINE WAITING TO ENTER CAMP VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS ENTERING CAMP MIGRANTS STANDING WAITING TO BOARD TRAIN VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS RUNNING TO BOARD TRAIN QUEUE OF MIGRANTS TRYING TO BOARD TRAIN WOMAN CARRYING CHILD ON BACK WAITING TO BOARD TRAIN VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS TRYING TO BOARD TRAIN MIGRANTS AT DOOR OF RAILWAY CARRIAGE MIGRANTS RUNNING TOWARDS TRAIN VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS CLIMBING INTO RAILWAY CARRIAGE MIGRANTS CLIMBING UNDER FENCE, RUNNING TOWARDS TRAIN MAN JUMPING OVER METAL FENCE MIGRANTS WAITING BEHIND WIRED FENCE TRAIN LEAVING, MIGRANTS SITTING ON PLATFORM MIGRANTS WAVING FROM BACK DOOR OF RAILWAY CARRIAGE
- Embargoed: 22nd September 2015 13:00
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- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA31A7P33LSAV1B71RGVGO1Z9OU
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Crowds of migrants crowded into trains from the Macedonia-Greek border on Monday (September 7) in a dash to continue their journey to western Europe.
Greek and Macedonian police had been letting migrants through in groups of about 50 at a time, with between 3000 and 4000 migrants crossing into Macedonia from Greece daily.
But some larger groups of migrants have pushed to cross to the Macedonia side in a panic that they might lose transportation from the provisional camp near the Macedonian town of Gevgelija.
The Macedonian government have organised trains twice a day to the north where migrants cross into Serbia on their way to Hungary and the European Union.
Due to large numbers of people crossing from neighbouring Greece, authorities also sometimes have to provide buses for transport. For most, the ultimate goal is Germany, where they hope they will be able to apply for asylum and build a better life.
But the last leg on their journey before they get into the European Union's Schengen passport-free zone is Serbia's border with Hungary, which Hungarian authorities have reinforced by constructing a fence and stepping up patrols, arresting hundreds who try crossing it on foot. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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