Tag: migrants
Balkans 02.04.20 | 11:56

20 migrants in Greece infected with coronavirus

A refugee camp in Greece has been put under a 14-day quarantine after officials confirmed the presence of the new coronavirus there, reported state radio broadcaster ERT on Thursday. The virus was confirmed at the camp after doctors detected it in a resident who had travelled to an Athens hospital to...
Macedonia 26.03.20 | 12:03

Macedonian citizens continue to trickle back from abroad

Macedonian citizens who live or work abroad continue to trickle back to the home country, where they face two weeks in mandatory quarantine. This morning, 42 citizens came back in individual cars from Slovenia. Later today, a bus will bring 27 citizens from Istanbul. Due to the risk of spreading the...
Macedonia 13.03.20 | 17:25

Two Algerian citizens arrested after a late night police chase in Skopje

Two Algerian citizens were arrested overnight, when they refused to stop to a police patrol in Skopje. The two were driving in a stolen car with Veles licence plates around 3:40 in on Friday morning in the Aerodrom district of Skopje. Police officers signaled them to stop, but the Algerians tred to flee....
Macedonia 10.03.20 | 17:57

Illegal migrants are taking a new, mountainous route to get from Greece to Macedonia

Recent police actions to stop groups of migrants crossing over from Greece reveal that the smugglers have changed their tactic. Instead of moving the groups through the main transport corridor along the Vardar river, the migrants are now frequently found over the Belasica mountain. Groups were intercepted...
Macedonia 10.03.20 | 11:58

25 migrants found in a van in Murtino, the driver fled

On March 9, 2020, at 5.45 pm on the local road Bansko – Murtino, police officers from spotted a “Ford” van with Stip plates, which entered the village of Murtino. Shortly thereafter, the driver left the vehicle and fled, and they found 25 migrants in the van, 14 of them from Afghanistan,...
Balkans 09.03.20 | 11:43

V4: Hungary’s 2015 migrant stance is now the generally accepted approach in Europe

Hungary’s strong conviction expressed in 2015, when the first wave of migrants reached Europe, has become a generally accepted approach in Europe, the Hungarian foreign minister told Hungary’s public broadcaster. EU foreign ministers meeting in Zagreb adopted a statement which says the bloc’s...
Macedonia 09.03.20 | 11:40

Macedonia deports 180 illegal migrants back to Greece

Macedonian police has deported 180 illegal migrants who were intercepted over the weekend back to Greece. Reports of groups numbering from a dozen up to a 100 people being stopped on the Macedonian stretch of the Balkan Route come daily. The traffickers are being prosecuted, while the migrants are temporarily...
Balkans 08.03.20 | 21:43

Erdogan: Greece should allow migrants through to other EU countries

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Greece should let migrants travel on to other European countries, as tensions continue to rise at their shared border. “Hey Greece, these people aren’t coming to you to stay, they are coming to you and going into other European countries,” said Erdogan...
Macedonia 07.03.20 | 19:35

Culev: Macedonia will close the southern border

Minister of Interior Nake Culev said Saturday the southern border would be fully closed for the purpose of preventing a new migrant wave. Macedonia is in constant communication with FRONTEX and our EU partners. Macedonia will definitely close the border. We have the capacity to deal as with the previous...
Balkans 06.03.20 | 20:54

Palmer: Greece has the right to protect its borders

US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew Palmer, who is paying a visit to Greece, on Thursday underlined Greece’s right to protect its borders and noted that the US supports Greece with respect to this issue. “Greece has the right to protect its borders,...
Macedonia 06.03.20 | 10:27

Serbian President Vucic says he will not hesitate go close the border with Macedonia to stop the migrant flow

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that he will be ready to close the border with Macedonia if the migrant situation gets out of hand. Vucic said that Serbia will not allow to be turned into a “parking lot” for migrants. Our institutions will not allow the entry into Serbia of persons...
Macedonia 05.03.20 | 15:37

Group of 43 illegal migrants intercepted near Radovis

Police officers intercepted a van driven by a man from Skopje who was transporting 43 illegal migrants. The van was stopped near Radovis, on the Strumica – Radovis road, and the driver was heading north. The driver has been detained and will be charged, while the migrants will be sent to a migrant...
Balkans 05.03.20 | 11:30

Germany rejects proposal from the Greens to accept 5.000 migrants stranded on the Greek islands

The German Bundestag rejected a proposal from the Green Party to admit 5.000 asylum seekers from the overcrowded Greek islands close to Turkey. Many of the several tens of thousands of migrants on islands such as Lesvos and Chios have been there since the 2015/16 migrant crisis, when the Balkan route...
Balkans 05.03.20 | 10:02

Austrian Chancellor Kurz counting on the Balkan countries to stop the migrant flow if Greece fails

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz assured the public that Balkan countries will be there to stop migrants if they manage to push through the Greek border. Thousands of migrants are pushing against Greek border guards on the Marica/Evros river for days now, after Turkey gave up on policing the border. Kurz...
Balkans 04.03.20 | 16:49

Orban warns that there already are 130.000 migrants in the Balkans

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned that there are 130.000 illegal migrants in the Balkans already, even if the Greek security line on the border with Turkey holds. It won’t be enough to just defend the border between Greece and Turkey, the Hungarian leader said, adding that the EU will...
Macedonia 04.03.20 | 16:45

Group of 17 illegal migrants apprehended near Stip

A group of 17 illegal migrants was stopped near Stip. Police officers found them walking along the Stip – Radovis road in several groups due north and had them transported to the Gevgelija migrant reception center. There were no local guides or traffickers with them so no charges have been filed....
Balkans 04.03.20 | 12:27

Tear gas fills air as migrants mass at Greece-Turkey border

Greek border police fired tear gas Wednesday morning at hundreds of migrants trying to enter from Turkey, while Athens authorities were moving on their plan to rapidly deport people still arriving on the Aegean islands. TV reports showed police shooting tear gas canisters across the border fence, a...
World 03.03.20 | 14:54

Orban: It’s forbidden to say so in Europe, but this is organized invasion, 95 % of migrants are military-aged men

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the only leader in Europe ready to take any action to stop the ongoing migrant invasion of Europe, spoke on Thursday of the growing number of migrants on Hungary’s southern border. Following a routine inspection of Hungary’s border fence with his Slovak...
World 03.03.20 | 11:25

Austria to send police officers to Hungary-Serbia border

Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer has announced support for border protection against migrants going to Greece and the Western Balkans. Due to the current situation at the Turkey-Greece border, Nehammer agreed with Hungarian counterpart Sándor Pintér, Austria agreed to send police officers...
Balkans 02.03.20 | 20:27

Hungary expects 100,000 migrants, but it will not let in any on its territory

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said Monday in Belgrade that over 100,000 migrants could soon arrive in the Western Balkans. Hungary will protect its borders under all circumstances and will not let in any illegal migrants. I hope we will co-operate with Serbia to defend our two countries,...
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