Thousands Of Migrants Stuck At Greece-Macedonia Border (And The Numbers Continue To Grow)

Reuters: Number of migrants swells on closed Greece-Macedonia border

The number of migrants awaiting passage to central and northern Europe swelled on Greece's border with Macedonia on Wednesday as the frontier remained shut, adding to a humanitarian crisis and deep fissures within the European Union.

Aid workers said the situation at Idomeni, a small border town in northern Greece, could easily spin out of control with no let-up in the number of refugees gathering for passage into Macedonia.

Living in filth, families with small children jostled for space in waterlogged fields, waiting for a crack in the border fence, which Macedonian authorities opened intermittently.

By midday on Wednesday the border had opened once, Greek police said, allowing 170 people through.

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More News On The Growing Migration Crisis Within Greece's Borders

Food lines grow as Greek border camp balloons -- AFP
Mud-soaked migrants fight for food as Greek border blockade drags on -- AFP
Desperate migrants plead to escape 'hellish' Greek camp -- BBC
Greece prepares to help up to 150,000 stranded migrants -- AP
Greece acknowledges it is no longer a transit country for migrants -- ekathimerini.com
Migrants stranded on islands as Greece struggles to cope -- Financial Times
Refugee crisis: European leaders demand urgent support for Greece -- The Guardian
European Commission Proposes EU Aid for Migrants Stuck in Greece -- WSJ
Migrant crisis: EU proposes $760 million emergency aid for Greece -- CNN
Macedonia lets in 250 migrants, thousands still stranded: Greece -- AFP
EU migrant crisis: Greece to send 300 North Africans back to Turkey under 2002 deal -- ABC News (Australia)
Why are migrants storming the Greece-Macedonia border? -- Ben Thompson, CSM

Update: The bottom video is aerial footage of a crowded migrant camp on Greece-Macedonia border.