The Turkish coast guard launched a search-and-rescue mission for other refugees believed to be missing from the accident, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported, and rescued 15 off the Aegean Sea resort of Didim. [...] Greek police said Macedonian authorities are allowing only those from cities they consider to be affected by war to cross the Idomeni border crossing from Greece. A U.N. refugee agency official in Macedonia confirmed the new restrictions, and criticized the decision. Athens has also criticized Europe for not sticking to agreements to take in refugees in a relocation scheme that never really got off the ground. “While Idomeni is closed for refugees and the flows from the islands, from the Turkish shores to the islands, remain, it must be perfectly clear that the immediate start of a reliable process of relocation of refugees from our country to other countries of the European Union is a matter of complete urgency,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Sunday during a speech to his party.
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