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GREECE 2016. Migrants and refugees

05 March 2016, Idomeni Greece - Migrants and Refugees wolk on the field to makeshift camp of Idomeni near the Greek-Macedonian border north of Greece.

03/05/2016

Location Rome

Country or Territory Greece

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Background Information Idomeni, the symbol of an endless crisis. Thousands of refugees passed through the border every day near the small Greek town of Idomeni, crossing a three kilometer-long barbed wire. Families, mostly from Syria, passed in order to continue their journey to Northern Europe, until the Balkan countries closed their borders
preventing them from continuing their journey. For months thousands of souls camped near the border waiting to pass, hoping that the gates would open again. In the end of May the Greece authorities closed the camp and deported many of them to official camps.