Clashes between migrants and police at border between Greece and Macedonia
Source: The Guardian
Migrants have clashed with Macedonian police after trying to scale the fence separating Greece from Macedonia in the border town of Idomeni.
Macedonian police used teargas, stun grenades, plastic bullets and later a water cannon in attempts to keep the people at bay and they responded by throwing rocks at the police. Twice, people tried to breach the fence but were pushed back. Greek police stood by but did not interfere.
Clashes continued into the afternoon, and the wind brought teargas fumes into a nearby makeshift camp on the Greek side of the border holding over 11,000 stranded migrants.
Volunteer doctors treated several dozen people with respiratory problems, slight injuries from the plastic bullets and facial injuries from close-quarter clashes when the fence was temporarily breached, Achilleas Tzemos, deputy field coordinator of Médecins Sans Frontières, told the Associated Press. He said three were referred to hospitals.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/10/clashes-between-migrants-and-police-at-border-between-greece-and-macedonia
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