Al Jazeera News :
Hundreds of refugees in Greece have reportedly forced their way over the Macedonian border as police fired stun grenades in a failed bid to stop them breaking through.
Border guards on Saturday, for the second day in a row, fired stun grenades and clashed with refugees trying to rush over the border between Greece and Macedonia.
Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull, reporting from Idomeni, on the Greek side of the border, said he heard seven loud blasts from his position 150m away.
The AFP news agency said the refugees scrambled over barbed wire fences as border guards tried to stop them.
Thousands of rain-soaked refugees have been trapped in a no man’s land since Thursday. Jonah Hull reports from Idomeni.
On Friday overnight, police let small groups of families with children cross the border by walking to a railway station in the Macedonian town of Gevgelija, where most take trains to the border with Serbia, before heading towards EU-member Hungary.
Hundreds of refugees in Greece have reportedly forced their way over the Macedonian border as police fired stun grenades in a failed bid to stop them breaking through.
Border guards on Saturday, for the second day in a row, fired stun grenades and clashed with refugees trying to rush over the border between Greece and Macedonia.
Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull, reporting from Idomeni, on the Greek side of the border, said he heard seven loud blasts from his position 150m away.
The AFP news agency said the refugees scrambled over barbed wire fences as border guards tried to stop them.
Thousands of rain-soaked refugees have been trapped in a no man’s land since Thursday. Jonah Hull reports from Idomeni.
On Friday overnight, police let small groups of families with children cross the border by walking to a railway station in the Macedonian town of Gevgelija, where most take trains to the border with Serbia, before heading towards EU-member Hungary.
