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| Clashes between migrants and police at border between Greece and Macedonia | Clashes between migrants and police at border between Greece and Macedonia |
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| Migrants have clashed with Macedonian police after trying to scale the fence separating Greece from Macedonia in the border town of Idomeni. | Migrants have clashed with Macedonian police after trying to scale the fence separating Greece from Macedonia in the border town of Idomeni. |
| Macedonian police used teargas, stun grenades, plastic bullets and later a water cannon in attempts to keep the people at bay and they responded by throwing rocks at the police. Twice, people tried to breach the fence but were pushed back. Greek police stood by but did not interfere. | Macedonian police used teargas, stun grenades, plastic bullets and later a water cannon in attempts to keep the people at bay and they responded by throwing rocks at the police. Twice, people tried to breach the fence but were pushed back. Greek police stood by but did not interfere. |
| Clashes continued into the afternoon, and the wind brought teargas fumes into a nearby makeshift camp on the Greek side of the border holding over 11,000 stranded migrants. | |
| Volunteer doctors treated several dozen people with respiratory problems, slight injuries from the plastic bullets and facial injuries from close-quarter clashes when the fence was temporarily breached, Achilleas Tzemos, deputy field coordinator of Médecins Sans Frontières, told the Associated Press. He said three were referred to hospitals. | |
| The clashes began soon after about 500 people gathered close to the fence. Activists had on Saturday distributed fliers, in Arabic, calling for the migrants to gather at the fence on Sunday morning. | The clashes began soon after about 500 people gathered close to the fence. Activists had on Saturday distributed fliers, in Arabic, calling for the migrants to gather at the fence on Sunday morning. |
| A delegation asked Macedonian police whether the border was about to open. When Macedonian police said it was not, more than 100 people, including several children, tried to scale the fence. | A delegation asked Macedonian police whether the border was about to open. When Macedonian police said it was not, more than 100 people, including several children, tried to scale the fence. |
| Macedonia and other Balkan countries to its north have shut their borders, closing what was the busiest migrant route to central Europe. The European Union has since put an end to the hopes of many migrants, saying it would only accept refugees from Syria and Iraq as well as those from other countries who are eligible for asylum. | Macedonia and other Balkan countries to its north have shut their borders, closing what was the busiest migrant route to central Europe. The European Union has since put an end to the hopes of many migrants, saying it would only accept refugees from Syria and Iraq as well as those from other countries who are eligible for asylum. |