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Friday, March 4, 2016

Refugee Crisis: 12,000 migrants bogged down in swamp like conditions on Greece-Macedonia border

Thousands of refugees stuck on the Greece-Macedonia border have been left bogged down in swamp like conditions, after severe rainfall left the Idomeni campsite waterlogged. It is thought around 12,000 refugees are staying at the site, after Macedonia tightened their border controls in February. Intisra Ali, a nine-month pregnant Syria refugee, said, "[Our tent] is full of water, so the people come here, and seven persons, and our bucket is full of water, so it's so cold.


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