Hundreds of migrants enter Macedonia from Greece illegally

Macedonian Ministry of Interior Monday announced that the police force with the support of the army are trying to stop several hundred migrants who have entered Macedonia illegally and make them return to Greece.

According the security forces, around 700 migrants from the transition camp at Idomeni in Greece managed to go around the fence at the Macedonian-Greek border and enter the country without being registered.

The group entered the Macedonian territory near the village Moin and hid in the yards of the local houses.

Macedonian police and the army are taking forced measures to secure the border, especially in the areas where bigger groups of illegal migrants are spotted.

Along with the migrants, 28 foreign journalists were detained because they also entered in Macedonia illegally, following the group of migrants, Macedonian police reported. They are facing charges for violating the country border.

The patience of the migrants who were trapped for days in the transition camp at Idomeni ran out on Monday, once the news was spread that three migrants drowned trying to cross the Suva Reka river into Macedonia illegally.

Although the Balkan route has been closed as a result of the agreement between the EU and Turkey, many migrants coming mainly from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries refuse to turn back and give up reaching Europe through illegal channels.

In the past 24 hours not a single permit for transition of a migrant was issued in Macedonia, Macedonian Ministry of Interior reported. Since the beginning of 2016 almost 90,000 permits were issued, and half of them were for citizens of Syria. Endit