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FYROM Completely Shuts Borders With Greece

IdomeniFYROM has closed its borders completely to migrants stranded in Greece after several Balkan states, including Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia announced they will not allow migrants to cross their borders, according to Daily Mail
As reported in the Daily Mail, “A [FYROM] police official, who declined to be named, said: ‘We have completely closed the border.'” According to FYROM’s Interior Ministry, no migrants entered from Greece on Tuesday.
“FYROM will act according to the decisions taken by other countries on the Balkan route,” an Interior Ministry spokesman said, referring to the main routes taken by more than a million migrants to reach the European Union over the last year.
The decisions were announced hours after EU leaders declared an end to a mass scramble to reach wealthy countries in Europe from war zones along the Balkan route.
Around 1,000 migrants remain stranded in a refugee camp on the FYROM side of the Serbian border while more than 400 are stranded in “No Man’s Land” between Serbia and FYROM.
Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar said the move made by Balkan states meant that “the (Balkan) route for illegal migrations no longer exists.”
Croatia’s Interior Minister Vlaho Orepic called it a “new phase in resolving the migrant crisis.”
The measures follow Austria’s decision in February to cap the number of migrants passing through its territory and Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz last Tuesday welcomed the news.
(Source: Daily Mail)

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