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New migrant reception center opens in Gevgelija
During the third meeting today at the Headquarters for Crisis Management, which took place in the Crisis Management Center (CUK), the attendees proposed measures for enabling the new reception center for migrants in Gevgelija that was opened today.
“During the meeting, besides viewing the course of our latest activities which are part of the Crisis management system, we also proposed...
Kotevski: The emergency situation is still in force until there are safe conditions for it to be revoked
The decision to declare an emergency situation on Wednesday, August 19, was brought by the Government due to the large inflow of refugees and migrants. This decision is still in force, told Meta the deputy minister for public relations of the Ministry of Interior, Ivo Kotevski.
How long the emergency situation will last, based on which the Government also dispatched...
Kurz: EU must help Macedonia with immigrants
The EU must help Macedonia with their current situation which has become quite dramatic, as the country has been left isolated and alone to deal with the increased number of immigrants moving through its borders, stated Austria's Minister for Foreign Affairs. Sebastian Kurz visited Macedonia for one day and made the journey to the immigrant camp in Gevgelija, was accompanied by the...
Chavkov and Kurz visit the border zone at the Macedonia – Greece border
Minister of Interior Mitko Chavkov and the Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, who is visiting the country, will visit the town Gevgelija which was in the focus of the international media because of the unfolding crisis with Middle Eastern refugees.
“Today, August 24, at 10:30 in Gevgelija, the Minister of Interior Mitko Chavkov will receive the Austrian Minister of Foreign...
Chavkov: The EU doesn’t have a consistent solution for dealing with this humanitarian catastrophe; Our efforts can only go as far as chipping at the issue
The problem with the refugees is a world issue, it isn’t a Macedonian nor a Greek issue. This is why we need an international reaction. These were the words of the Minister of Interior, Mitko Chavkov, who added that for the present, it seems like there is no solution nor is there anything of that sort on the horizon.
-The...
5000 Migrants have crossed from Macedonia into Preshevo
About 5000 migrants who entered Macedonia yesterday, left this morning by taxis, buses, minibuses and are reaching Serbia in steady numbers, reports the media from there.
Around 2000 migrants have arrived in the reception center in Preshevo, finds out RTS from unofficial information. According to reports, there is a crowd of people in and around the center , but the...
4000 Migrants overflowed Gevgelija – The Government lifted the border blockade
Just few hours after groups of migrants penetrated the police cordon on the Macedonia-Greece border and made their way into the country, the police lifted the blockade and allowed everyone else to enter, report human rights activists and news agencies. Behind the border, in the no-border zone between Greece and Macedonia about 200 people stayed.
According to information from the...
Migrants penetrate the police and army cordon – The police responds by firing stun grenades
A group of migrants penetrated the cordon made of police and army troops. The migrants are moving towards the train station in Gevgelija, reports RTS.
RTS’s reporter said the police has fired stun grenades. The migrants are passing through places where there are fewer police and army groops.
The Ministry of Interior does not have information regarding other incidents. They added...
MVR: 826 migrants entered Macedonia in the past 24 hours
In the past 24 hours, starting from 8 o’clock in the morning, the authorities have given temporary stay permits to 826 foreign nationals, of which 649 men, 152 women, 163 children who are accompanied by the permit holder, and 25 children traveling without a parent, who are receiving a permit which allows them to request exile, reports the Ministry...
Human Rights Watch: Macedonia must prevent the use of violence against migrants by the police
The government of Macedonia needs to put a stop to the violence by the police against the emigrants who are on the south border, says in an announcement by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The organization is calling on the government to reconsider yesterday’s use of stun grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets, one day after the declaration of an emergency...
Due to the migrant crisis, Bulgaria dispatches army troops along its border with Macedonia and Greece
Bulgaria has dispatched army personnel on the borders with Macedonia and Greece due to the critical situation with the migrants, announced the government of Bulgaria.
Bulgarian media reports that the Ministry of Defense will propose concrete measures which will enable the army and police to better guard the state border.
The decision to dispatch troops was brought at a yesterday meeting...
Quiet day in Gevgelija – Small groups of migrants are crossing the border
The situation on the Macedonian-Greek border at Gevgelija is quiet. Around 600 migrants crossed the border during the night and headed to the Tabanovce crossing at the Serbian border with the five o’clock train.
The Ministry of Interior reports that they are processing numbers of migrants, according to their capacity, to cross the border. Those who belong to vulnerable categories...
MVR: The police force at the border is going to receive help from the army
Members of the Republic of Macedonia Army (ARM) are going to join their colleagues from the special police who are guarding the south border after the Government proclaimed an emergency situation due to the uncontrolled flow of migrants.
The Ministry of Interior (MVR) announced that a limited number of illegal migrants are allowed to enter the country, if they belong...
Kraus: UNHCR doesn’t condone closing of borders and hasn’t received information of the alleged violence
The UNHCR doesn’t condone the closing of the borders by any country in the world, but at this point doesn’t not have information that the border has been officially closed, and we are waiting for a response of the authorities- commented for Meta Aleksandra Kraus, deputy representative of UNHCR in Macedonia.
Kraus says they don’t know the consequences of the...
Associated Press: Shock-bombs and injured migrants at the Macedonian-Greek border zone
At least eight people were injured after special police forces used shock-bombs and tear-gas to subdue an unruly crowd of several thousand migrants who are stuck between the borders of Greece and Macedonia, reports the news agency Associated Press, citing information obtained from the Greek police.
Foreign agencies are reporting that the crowd of about 3000 people who spent the...
Legis: Declaring an emergency situation at the borders is unnecessary and inadequate
Declaring a crisis and ordering army soldiers to the southern and northern borders is too early for a situation that can be helped through a better organization by the government, comment experts on the decision of the government to heighten control at the borders.
Jasmin Redzepi, activist and humanitarian work of the NGO Legis, says the decision by the government...
EC: Macedonia has the right to control who enters its territory
In accordance with international laws, Macedonia has the right to control who enters its territory and to forbid entry to those who don’t fulfill the criteria. This was the remark of the EU Commissioner for enlargement Johanes Hahn at a press conference today.
-The Commission is aware of the decision of the Government to declare emergency situation in the border...
Macedonian police fires tear gas at a crowd of migrants in Gevgelija
Macedonian special police members used tear gas to calm down a growing crowd of unruly migrants which was trying to enter from the border zone to Macedonia, reports Reuters and Radio Slobodna Evropa.
The government of Macedonia declared an emergency situation and closed the south border to the migrants, who come mainly from Syria through Greece.
The migrants had spent the...
Government declares emergency situation of the south and north borders
The government held meeting at which it declared an emergency situation for the south and north borders due to the heightened influx of migrants in the country.
This was reported by Ivo Kotevski, deputy Minister of public relations of the Ministry of Interior at a press conference today. He added that according to the legal prescriptions, the Army of Republic...
In Gevgelija, twelve women migrants suffered miscarriages in one day
At the moment, nearby the train station in Gevgelija, crews are working on a resting area that can accommodate 160 people. The area will be intended for women, children and people who have become frail from the journey. The area will operate 24 hours and will be under constant police surveillance. There are going to be twelve shower cabins...
