EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MACEDONIA UPDATE Migrants resume journey from south of Macedonia on buses towards Serbia and Hungary

Record ID: 141786

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MACEDONIA UPDATE Migrants resume journey from south of Macedonia on buses towards Serbia and Hungary
  • Date: 6th September 2015
  • Summary: GEVGELIJA, MACEDONIA (SEPTEMBER 6, 2015) (REUTERS) MIGRANTS SITTING ON GROUND WAITING FOR TRANSPORTATION WOMAN HOLDING CHILD STANDING BEHIND WIRED FENCE MIGRANTS INSIDE CAMP / POLICE OFFICER WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (English) REFUGEE FROM IRAQ, RAMI, SAYING: "Some of people go to Germany because they want to some money because they poor also, and others going for study and work and other goes to help our families and childrens and wives and womens and others. For me I will go to Finland because my friend, my family is there also I want to study in the pharmacy because I was in Iraq study for engineering but when come ISIS (Islamic State), they stopped all studying and this is my life. It's miserable." MIGRANTS SITTING ON GROUND (SOUNDBITE) (English) REFUGEE FROM SYRIA, SAMET, SAYING: "Well because Germany very good country. She's help Syrian people because in our country, war, a lot of war, I mean, Daesh (acronym for Islamic State) Al Nusra (Group, everybody destroy other and destroy us." VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING ON GRAVEL ROAD MIGRANTS WALKING OVER BRIDGE / RUNNING SHOES LEFT ON GROUND MIGRANTS WALKING OVER BRIDGE MIGRANTS COMING TO BUSES MIGRANTS GETTING ON BUS MIGRANTS PUTTING PERSONAL BAGGAGE IN BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT MIGRANTS BOARDING BUSES VARIOUS OF BUS LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 21st September 2015 13:00
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  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVADIU1A0S2V8MIKJOPN6J7CY8PL
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  • Story Text: Many migrants left a provisional camp in south of Macedonia near town Gevgelija by buses on Sunday afternoon (September 6).
    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 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.
    "Some of people go to Germany because they want to some money because they poor also, and others going for study and work and other goes to help our families and childrens and wives and womens and others. For me I will go to Finland because my friend, my family is there also I want to study in the pharmacy because I was in Iraq study for engineering but when come ISIS (Islamic State), they stopped all studying and this is my life. It's miserable," Rami, a refugee from Iraq, said.
    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.
    "Well because Germany very good country. She's help Syrian people because in our country, war, a lot of war, I mean, Daesh (acronym for Islamic State) Al Nusra (Group, everybody destroy other and destroy us," Samet, refugee from Syria said.
    Macedonian authorities say that between Friday (September 4) and Saturday (September 5) around 2.100 people entered the country , manly from Syria.
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