ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The latest in the flow of people across Europe in search of a better life. All times local. 11:30 a.m. Thousands of refugees and other migrants are gathered at Greece's border with Macedonia waiting to continue their journey north toward more prosperous European Union countries, as the surge of people heading to the Greek mainland from the eastern Aegean islands continues following the end of a ferry strike last week. About 4,000 people were waiting to cross at 6 a.m. Wednesday, with about half in a camp in the Idomeni border area and the rest in 40 buses. Macedonian border police were allowing groups of 50 people to cross roughly every 10-15 minutes. "My journey from Syria to Greece took 10 days and it was relatively good. I hope it continues this way until I reach Germany," said 22-year-old Yazan Alouf as he waited with friends to cross the border. Greek police said about 6,200 people had crossed from Tuesday morning until Wednesday morning. ___ 10:50 a.m. Slovenia has started erecting a barbed-wire fence on the border with Croatia to prevent uncontrolled entry of migrants into the already overwhelmed Alpine state. A convoy of army trucks carrying barbed wire arrived early Wednesday in Veliki Obrez, at the Slovenian border with Croatia. Soldiers begun unwinding the wire and stretching it along the Slovenian side of the river Sutla that divides the two countries. Prime Minister Miro Cerar said a day earlier that his country expects about 30,000 new migrants to reach Slovenian borders. The government fears that if neighboring Austria restricts their flow further along their route, the people stranded in Slovenia would be too many to handle. ___ 9:40 a.m. Turkey's state-run agency says seven children are among the 14 migrants who drowned when their boat sank off the northern Turkish Aegean coast. Anadolu Agency says Turkish Coast Guard divers are searching the waters for more possible victims. The boat carrying the migrants sank off the coast of Ayvacik early on Wednesday on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos. The migrants' nationalities were not immediately known. More than half a million migrants have crossed the Aegean Sea to the Greek islands from Turkey so far this year. Hundreds have died during the crossing. ___ 9:20 a.m. Turkey's state-run news agency says 14 migrants drowned when their boat sank off the Turkish northern Aegean coast of Ayvacik. The Anadolu Agency says 27 other migrants were rescued by Turkish coast guards. Ayvacik is a main crossing point to the Greek island of Lesbos. Join the conversation about this story »
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