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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Macedonian police reopen border for a trickle of refugees

[Bart Kowalski, a Polish member of the search and rescue team from the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), a Malta-based organization, aimed to rescue migrants on sea, uses the binoculars to scan the sea as he stands on the deck of the rescue vessel patrolling between the eastern Greek Island of Agathonisi and Turkish shores, Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Border restrictions further north in the Balkans have left thousands of refugees and other migrants stranded in Greece, unable to seal its lengthy sea border with Turkey. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)]THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Macedonian authorities have briefly opened their border with Greece to refugees heading for central Europe, allowing in a few score. About 10,000 people remain camped at the crossing, awaiting their turn.


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