Guards attempt to control influx of 4,000 people, the largest single wave of refugees and migrants the Greek border police has seen so far Macedonian guards have been filmed threatening refugees with batons and at times appearing to strike them as thousands of people, including many parents with young children, gathered in muddy fields on the border with Greece. In torrential rain on Thursday, about 4,000 people were trying to cross Greece’s northern border into Macedonia at the Greek town of Idomeni. Greek border police said it was the largest single wave of refugees and migrants they had seen so far. The refugees, many of them from Syria, had wrapped themselves in plastic bin bags to protect themselves from the downpour. Continue reading...
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