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Migrants, Locals Stage Separate Protests near Border Camp

Migrants, Locals Stage Separate Protests near Border Camp

Saturday, 02 April 2016 10:18 AM EDT

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.

The protest is being staged about 17 kilometers (10 miles) from the makeshift camp at the border town of Idomeni, where about 11,000 people have been stranded since Macedonia and other Balkan countries further north shut down the busiest migrant route. The protesters are blocking trucks from crossing into Macedonia, but not passenger vehicles.

Earlier Saturday, several dozen local people staged a protest at another location further from their town, demanding that the government shut down the camp and relocate migrants to transit centers across Greece.

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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.The protest is being staged about 17 kilometers (10 miles)...
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Saturday, 02 April 2016 10:18 AM
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