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Friday, February 26, 2016

Balkan borders tighten, Greek islands to hold migrants

[Refugees and migrants, who spent another night at a terminal building, wait to be allowed to continue their trip from the Athens' port of Piraeus, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said about 20,000 migrants are stuck in the country, and pledged to set up new camps near the Macedonian border within the next 10 days that could host them all in "decent" conditions. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)]ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government on Friday ordered authorities on islands near Turkey to restrict the number of migrants allowed to travel by ferry to the mainland, where thousands of people are stranded in increasingly desperate conditions following border closures in the countries to the north.


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