Greece starts evacuating migrant camp on the border with FYROM

At least 200 police started clearing Greece's squalid Idomeni camp Tuesday on the border with FYROM [*], where over 8,400 migrants are living, according to Agence France-Presse.

Refugees injured after clashes with FYROM police at borders

Clashes erupted between migrants and police from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Sunday at Idomeni after a group of people attempted to dismantle the fence and cross the borders.

F.Y.R.O.M. Police Fire Tear Gas at Migrants on FYROM - Greek Border

FYROM [*] police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of migrants as they tried to break through a border fence on the Greek side of the countries' shared border.

Refugee clash at Greek center leaves three wounded

At least three people were wounded in fresh clashes between refugees in the Greek island of Chios Friday, as authorities ponder taking drastic measures such as evacuation to deal with the recurring problem.

Suspicious NGOs in Idomeni investigated by ELAS

A new dangerous call to the refugees to cross the border with FYROM [*] from Eidomeni is observed in recent days, with unknown persons spreading rumors and distributing maps of the routes of the… grand exodus.

Crise des migrants: un ministre grec qualifie Idomeni "de Dachau des temps modernes"

Le ministre grec de l'Intérieur Panagiotis Kouroublis a qualifié vendredi le camp de réfugiés d'Idomeni, à la frontière avec la ARYM [*], "de Dachau des temps modernes", et dénoncé la fermeture des frontières.

UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt visits Greece to highlight refugees' plight

Hollywood actress and special envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie Pitt visited Greece on Wednesday to highlight the plight of thousands of refugees and migrants stranded in the country over the past month.

Greek PM urges refugees to choose relocation process over risky illegal crossings into FYROM

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday urged refugees and migrants stranded in Greece to choose the safe legal relocation program in hospitality centers across the country rather than the illegal risky river crossings into neighboring Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Migrants attempt river crossing into FYROM [*]

More than 1,000 people crossed a river from a refugee camp in Greece into FYROM [*] on Monday, though FYROM [*] officials say they will be returned to Greece.

Human Tragedy in GREECE- FYROM borders: Greek governor urges state of emergency

A regional governor has called on the Greek government to declare a state of emergency for the area surrounding the Idomeni border crossing where thousands of refugees are stranded due to border restrictions along the route towards Western Europe.