EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MACEDONIA Migrants in Macedonia board train north towards Serbia and Hungary

Record ID: 141771

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MACEDONIA Migrants in Macedonia board train north towards Serbia and Hungary
  • Date: 6th September 2015
  • Summary: GEVGELIJA, MACEDONIA (SEPTEMBER 6, 2015) (REUTERS) MIGRANTS SITTING ON GROUND / FREIGHT TRAIN PASSING BY WORKERS BY WIRE FENCE MIGRANTS SITTING WAITING TO BOARD TRAIN WOMAN STANDING CARRYING CHILD / MIGRANTS WOMAN SITTING HOLDING CHILD WITH OTHER MIGRANTS VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS SITTING ON GROUND MAN HOLDING CHILD AND WOMAN STANDING / TALKING TO MAN HOLDING PUSHCHAIR MIGRANTS WALKING TOWARDS CAMP VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WAITING IN CAMP FOR TRAIN ARRIVAL VARIOUS OF CHILDREN PLAYING WITH CAR TOY TRAIN ARRIVING CHILD STANDING AT FRONT OF TRAIN TRAIN ARRIVING AT PLATFORM VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS BOARDING TRAIN / POLICE WATCHING MIGRANTS WALKING BESIDE TRAIN MIGRANTS WALKING TO BOARD TRAIN CHILD ON MAN'S SHOULDER WAVING WOMAN CARRYING CHILD BOARDING TRAIN VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS GETTING ON TRAIN MEN WATCHING FROM TRAIN WINDOW TRAIN LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 21st September 2015 13:00
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  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA42H4OZ9ILJ8L6ARE59XLQZP12
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Several thousand migrants in Macedonia boarded trains on Sunday (September 6) to travel north after spending a night in a provisional camp.
    Macedonia has organised trains twice a day to the north border where migrants cross into Serbia to make their way to Hungary.
    Due to large numbers of people crossing from neighbouring Greece, authorities sometimes have to provide buses for transport.
    For most, the ultimate goal is Germany, where they hope they will be able to 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.
    Since June, Macedonian authorities have said that more then 60,000 migrants entered the country, and around 1,500 entered just in one day, mainly refugees from Syria.
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