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Macedonia returned about 600 migrants to Greece: Police

Published: 15 Mar 2016 - 11:32 am | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 11:34 am
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A migrant tries to stop a child from falling in the water as migrants wade across a river near the Greek-Macedonian border, west of the the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

 

SKOPJE: Macedonia has sent about 600 migrants who crossed the border on Monday back to Greece, a Macedonian police official said on Tuesday.

Most of the migrants were taken back to Greece on Monday or overnight on trucks, the official said.

Hundreds of migrants marched out of a Greek transit camp, hiked for hours along muddy paths and forded a rain-swollen river on Monday to get around a border fence and cross into Macedonia, where they were detained.

REUTERS