The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is expecting 3,000 people a day to cross into the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
The Macedonian government came under fire over the weekend for its handling of the large influx of people looking to cross its border from Greece.
Police at the frontier used batons and stun grenades to push the migrants and refugees back from Macedonian territory.
“The UN refugee agency estimates that 80 percent of people waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border are fleeing the conflict in Syria,” reported euronews correspondent James Franey. “Police are allowing between 150 and 300 to cross at time. They then follow this railway track north to the town of Gevgelja where they look to move on to Serbia and Hungary and then to northern Europe as they look to build better lives.”
After weekend ‘chaos,’ UNHCR assists #refugees at Macedonia and Greece border
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