Migrants in Macedonian border protest

Hundreds of migrants stranded at a makeshift Greek camp protested near the border with Macedonia yesterday, demanding the border be opened as they clung to hopes of making it into Europe.

Around 50,000 migrants and refugees remain trapped in Greece after a domino of border closures by countries along the Balkan route has prevented them from continuing their journey into wealthier European countries. Many live in squalid conditions in tents near the town of Idomeni at the border with Macedonia.

Some 400 protesters yesterday gathered at the camp, waving white napkins and holding signs that read “open the border”. A man with a megaphone led them singing folk songs in Arabic.