Macedonia urged to take in stranded Afghan refugees, Greece has said it is demography activity to actuate Macedonia to yield in Afghan refugees as bags abide abandoned at the bound and the capital anchorage in Athens.
"We acquire amorphous adept moves ... we acquire the botheration will be resolved," Yiannis Mouzalas, the inferior autogenous abbot for migration, told aldermanic television on Monday.
He said in addition account that Athens was gluttonous to apply burden at the "European and mutual level", afterwards allegorical what accomplish it was planning.
About 5,000 refugees are ashore at the bound with Macedonia afterwards the neighbouring non-EU accompaniment on Sunday banned to acquiesce access to Afghans, badge said.
Over 400 Afghans staged a sit-down beef in no-man's land, captivation makeshift signs that apprehend "We can't go back" and "Why racism?"
Dozens of Afghan accouchement captivated added signs account "Help us cantankerous border".
'Die actuality or go on'
"We cannot go back. We will either die actuality or go on," said 20-year-old Mohamed Asif.
"We acquire paid so abundant money to get this far. Germany said it would acquire refugees. What has afflicted now?"
Another 3,000 humans were blocked in Athens afterwards landing at the anchorage of Piraeus from the Aegean islands, a government antecedent said, abacus that admiral were scrambling to acquisition allowance for them.
"We do not apprehend a [diplomatic] band-aid today," the antecedent told AFP, adding: "We will board the Afghans while aggravating to anticipate bottleneck at any of the accessories available.
"Officials said they would accessible a anew completed alteration affected abreast Piraeus to handle the emergency.
The accession endure year of added than one actor refugees and migrants in Europe, abounding beat war, abjection and persecution, has acquired a alternation acknowledgment of bound clampdowns a allotment of several EU states.
As the capital aperture into the EU, Greece has been disturbing to cope with the new arrivals and fears new restrictions by added associates will leave tens of bags of humans abandoned on its territory.
Despite able objections from the EU, Austria on Friday alien a circadian absolute on cover seekers entering and registering in the country, triggering fears of a domino aftereffect forth the Balkan route.
It was the latest archetype of unilateral activity taken by an EU country to axis the casual flow, as the affiliation struggles to cope with the continent's affliction clearing crisis back World War II.
Hungary on Monday appear a aciculate acceleration in the numbers of refugees and migrants breaching its southern borders in February, the aboriginal cogent billow back the frontiers were closed endure year.
Around 1,500 migrants approved to access the EU affiliate accompaniment illegally from Serbia this month, with 500 abandoned bent amid Friday and Sunday, badge said in a statement.
Serbia, Slovenia, Austria, Croatia and Macedonia active on Thursday a collective account announcement new anchored restrictions on refugees and migrants casual through those countries.
Though the account did not abode whether Afghan refugees would be accustomed to continue, it did agenda that "longer abode in a safe third country" could be area for abnegation cover seekers, citation as an archetype "Afghan national[s] who for a best time backward in Turkey or Iran".
Serbian borders
Dejana Nedeljkovic, Macedonian autogenous admiral spokesperson, said: "Since February 19, Serbia has alone accustomed those advancing from Syria and Iraq."
On Friday, 367 Afghan refugees were blocked from entering Serbia from Macedonia, Nedeljkovic told Al Jazeera, abacus that, by contrast, Macedonian authorities acquire "not differentiated amid Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans".
Nedeljkovic said that, for Macedonia's part, "there are 617 humans from Afghanistan in Macedonia who are not accustomed to access Serbia", who are now "at a refugee alteration centre" in Macedonia's Tabanovce.
"We still don't acquire an official account from the Serbian government about why this is the case," she said, abacus that it was cryptic if the access denials adumbrated a change in Serbian policy.
According to UN refugee bureau UNHCR, added than a actor refugees and migrants accomplished European shores by baiter endure year.
"We acquire amorphous adept moves ... we acquire the botheration will be resolved," Yiannis Mouzalas, the inferior autogenous abbot for migration, told aldermanic television on Monday.
He said in addition account that Athens was gluttonous to apply burden at the "European and mutual level", afterwards allegorical what accomplish it was planning.
About 5,000 refugees are ashore at the bound with Macedonia afterwards the neighbouring non-EU accompaniment on Sunday banned to acquiesce access to Afghans, badge said.
Over 400 Afghans staged a sit-down beef in no-man's land, captivation makeshift signs that apprehend "We can't go back" and "Why racism?"
Dozens of Afghan accouchement captivated added signs account "Help us cantankerous border".
'Die actuality or go on'
"We cannot go back. We will either die actuality or go on," said 20-year-old Mohamed Asif.
"We acquire paid so abundant money to get this far. Germany said it would acquire refugees. What has afflicted now?"
Another 3,000 humans were blocked in Athens afterwards landing at the anchorage of Piraeus from the Aegean islands, a government antecedent said, abacus that admiral were scrambling to acquisition allowance for them.
"We do not apprehend a [diplomatic] band-aid today," the antecedent told AFP, adding: "We will board the Afghans while aggravating to anticipate bottleneck at any of the accessories available.
"Officials said they would accessible a anew completed alteration affected abreast Piraeus to handle the emergency.
The accession endure year of added than one actor refugees and migrants in Europe, abounding beat war, abjection and persecution, has acquired a alternation acknowledgment of bound clampdowns a allotment of several EU states.
As the capital aperture into the EU, Greece has been disturbing to cope with the new arrivals and fears new restrictions by added associates will leave tens of bags of humans abandoned on its territory.
Despite able objections from the EU, Austria on Friday alien a circadian absolute on cover seekers entering and registering in the country, triggering fears of a domino aftereffect forth the Balkan route.
It was the latest archetype of unilateral activity taken by an EU country to axis the casual flow, as the affiliation struggles to cope with the continent's affliction clearing crisis back World War II.
Hungary on Monday appear a aciculate acceleration in the numbers of refugees and migrants breaching its southern borders in February, the aboriginal cogent billow back the frontiers were closed endure year.
Around 1,500 migrants approved to access the EU affiliate accompaniment illegally from Serbia this month, with 500 abandoned bent amid Friday and Sunday, badge said in a statement.
Serbia, Slovenia, Austria, Croatia and Macedonia active on Thursday a collective account announcement new anchored restrictions on refugees and migrants casual through those countries.
Though the account did not abode whether Afghan refugees would be accustomed to continue, it did agenda that "longer abode in a safe third country" could be area for abnegation cover seekers, citation as an archetype "Afghan national[s] who for a best time backward in Turkey or Iran".
Serbian borders
Dejana Nedeljkovic, Macedonian autogenous admiral spokesperson, said: "Since February 19, Serbia has alone accustomed those advancing from Syria and Iraq."
On Friday, 367 Afghan refugees were blocked from entering Serbia from Macedonia, Nedeljkovic told Al Jazeera, abacus that, by contrast, Macedonian authorities acquire "not differentiated amid Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans".
Nedeljkovic said that, for Macedonia's part, "there are 617 humans from Afghanistan in Macedonia who are not accustomed to access Serbia", who are now "at a refugee alteration centre" in Macedonia's Tabanovce.
"We still don't acquire an official account from the Serbian government about why this is the case," she said, abacus that it was cryptic if the access denials adumbrated a change in Serbian policy.
According to UN refugee bureau UNHCR, added than a actor refugees and migrants accomplished European shores by baiter endure year.
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