PHOTO GALLERY: Thousands of trapped refugees block railway in Greece, plea for the borders to be opened

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Migrants sing and clap during a protest at a makeshift camp at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Saturday, March 12, 2016 (AP)

People sit on railway track as they demonstrate near the makeshift camp close to the Greek village of Idomeni by the Greek-Macedonian border where thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped by the Balkan border blockade, on March 12, 2016 (AFP)

A child lies on railway track as she holds a banner reading "Open the border" during a demonstration near the makeshift camp close to the Greek village of Idomeni by the Greek-Macedonian border where thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped by the Balkan border blockade, on March 12, 2016 (AFP)

People lie on railway track as they demonstrate near the makeshift camp close to the Greek village of Idomeni by the Greek-Macedonian border where thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped by the Balkan border blockade, on March 12, 2016 (AFP)

A man lies on railway tracks as he demonstrates with other people at a makeshift camp near the Greek village of Idomeni by the Greek-Macedonian border where thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped by the Balkan border blockade, on March 12, 2016 (AFP)

Migrants block the railway track at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 12, 2016 (Reuters)

Migrants hold posters as they block the railway track at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 12, 2016 (Reuters)

Migrants block the railway track at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 12, 2016 (Reuters)

A migrant shouts during a protest at a makeshift camp at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Saturday, March 12, 2016 (AP)

A migrant child stands in rail tracks near Greek police officers in riot gear at a makeshift camp at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Saturday, March 12, 2016 (AP)

Number of stranded of Greece reaches 42,000 while the EU is drawing up emergency plans for 100,000.