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Saturday, April 2, 2016

Migrants, locals stage separate protests near border camp

[Farmers protest against migrants, blocking a road near the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Saturday, April 2, 2016. Greece is pressing ahead with plans to start deporting migrants and refugees back to Turkey next week, despite mounting concern from the United Nations and human rights organizations that Syrians could be denied proper protection while some are allegedly even being forced back into their war-torn country. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)]IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — More than 200 refugees and migrants are staging a protest on a highway linking Greece and Macedonia, demanding that Macedonia open its borders and allow them to continue their journeys to central and northern Europe.


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