EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MACEDONIA ENTER Crush at Macedonian border as migrants, refugees press to enter

Record ID: 143109

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MACEDONIA ENTER Crush at Macedonian border as migrants, refugees press to enter
  • Date: 21st August 2015
  • Summary: GEVGELIJA, MACEDONIA (AUGUST 21, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS PUSHING AGAINST POLICE LINES MIGRANTS AND POLICE STANDING NEAR BARBED WIRE POLICE HANDING MIGRANTS BOTTLES OF WATER AS THEY PRESS AGAINST LINE POLICE OFFICER THROWING WATER OVER MIGRANTS AS THEY PRESS AGAINST LINE MIGRANTS AND POLICE STANDING NEAR BARBED WIRE HEALTH WORKER HELPING MIGRANT LYING ON GROUND
  • Embargoed: 5th September 2015 13:00
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  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA6ORJLU6Z95VMWZFBPIRJHRI1E
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: At least 1,000 migrants and refugees pressed against Macedonian police lines on the Greek-Macedonian border on Friday (August 21) and at least 10 people appeared to faint in the crush, a Reuters witness said.
    Hundreds of migrants and refugees streamed into Macedonia from Greece on Friday, a Reuters reporter said, hours after police fired tear gas to drive them back having sealed the frontier under an emergency decree.
    People could be heard screaming and medical workers raced to treat those who passed out or were hurt. The crush ensued after police let several hundred through into Macedonia.
    Macedonia is allowing migrants to enter from Greece in numbers that the country can provide transport and care for, an interior ministry spokesman said.
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