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Over 50,000 migrants cross Macedonian border in one month

Xinhua, February 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Macedonian Ministry of Interior declared Sunday that 53,434 refugees have crossed the Macedonian border to enter into Europe in the first month of 2016.

According to the ministry, most of the refugees are Syrians (26,490), Afghans (16,897) and Iraqis (10,047).

The ministry also said that a total of 931 certificates have been issued in the past 24 hours for intended asylum requests of foreign nationals.

These migrants included 351 Afghans, 297 Syrians and 283 Iraqis, the ministry added.

Migrants and refugees have flooded into Europe's passport-free Schengen zone through the route of Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary over the past months. Endi