Hundreds of migrants 'stopped by Macedonian troops' after crossing border

AFP , Monday 14 Mar 2016

Hundreds of migrants were stopped by Macedonian soldiers after illegally crossing the border from Greece on Monday, an AFP reporter saw.

Some 20 journalists who accompanied the group on their march to find an alternative route into Macedonia after the country closed its borders were taken to a police station in the Macedonian town of Gevgelija, the reporter saw, who was among them.

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