BELGRADE (Sputnik) — Thousands of mostly Afghan migrants have accumulated at the Macedonian village of Tabanovce near the Serbian border after they were sent back from Croatia, following the closure of the Balkan migrant route earlier this week.
Some 500 Syrians have been stranded at the Macedonian border since Monday, the MKD news website said.
Exposure to the elements and uncertainty has increased tensions among the Syrians, around a third of whom are reportedly children. People say they plan to go on a hunger strike and occupy the international rail route, according to the website.
Over 40,000 migrants — most of them from Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa — are also waiting to cross into Macedonia from Greece, a source in a local coordination center for migration crisis resolution told RIA Novosti earlier today.
