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UNHCR: Serbia and Macedonia have been controlling the flow of migrants and refugees

Serbia and Macedonia have been controlling the flow of migrants and refugees by only letting migrants from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan pass through the border, announced today the High Commissioner for the United Nations Refugee Agency, Antonio Guterres. (UNHCR). UNHCR spokeswoman Melita Shunjic said that other migrants are not allowed to enter and that's what limits the people coming and...

6.000 refugees pass through Macedonia daily

Over the past day and night, more than 4,000 refugees with seven special trains were transferred from the reception camp in Gevgelija to the northern border, Tabanovce. However, this morning two more special trains were packed and transported another 1,000 migrants to the northern border, reports officals from the railway station in Gevgelija. UNHCR estimates that more than 6,000 migrants...

UNHCR: 5,600 refugees arrived in Macedonia yesterday

Around 5,600 refugees and immigrants arrived in Macedonia from Greece on Thursday. UNHCR say this number is double than the number of people arriving previous days. "Yesterday, around 5,600 people entered Macedonia" said UNHCR Spokeswoman, Melissa Fleming. According to figures from UNHCR, in the last few days between 2000 and 3000 people have entered Macedonia through Greece. Most refugees are from the...

UNHCR: 300,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean

  The number of refugees and migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean in order to reach Europe has passed the number 300,000, reports the UN Agency for Refugees, UNHCR. The agency says that number surpasses the 219,000 refugees who have crossed in 2014. More than 2500 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean, non including the 200 migrants who drowned...

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...