UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — Over 10,000 of refugees have come to Serbia within a few days, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
"More than 10,000 people had reached Serbia since Saturday night after managing to cross from Greece to FYR Macedonia and take a train or bus at the town of Gevgelija [on Greece-Macedonia border]," the UNHCR said in a press release published on Monday.
The situation near Macedonia's border with Greece aggravated after the number of migrants mostly from Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, reached some 5,000. According to UNHCR, many young families with small children are among those seeking refuge.
Europe is currently facing a major refugee crisis, as thousands of undocumented migrants, mostly from North Africa and the Middle East, are fleeing from their conflict-torn countries to find safety in the European Union.
According to UNHCR, more than 100,000 refugees have reached Greece by sea this year.
According to EU external border protection agency Frontex, the total number of refugees detected at bloc's borders between January and July 2015 stands at 340,000. According to the agency’s estimates, the amount of migrants is three times higher compared to the same period of 2014.
