Flooding adds to misery of migrants stuck on the Greek-Macedonian border

By Seamus Kearney

Bad weather is adding to the misery of thousands of migrants blocked at the Greek-Macedonian border.

Heavy rain has flooded parts of the makeshift camp where up to 12,000 people have sought refuge.

Children and the elderly are among those living in cold and difficult conditions at the Idomeni camp.

Syrian migrant Intisar Ali, who is nine-months pregnant, said: “This is full of water, so the people come here, and seven persons, and our bucket is full of water, so it’s so cold.

“And you see our clothes, all of this full of water because we didn’t have a place.”

Those affected by the flooding have tried to salvage what they can of their few possessions.

Another migrant, Taha from Aleppo in Syria said: “You can swim and sleep at the same time.”

Only a handful of migrants are being let through the border every day, causing a long agonising wait for those seeking asylum.

The images here are coming to symbolise the migrant crisis in Europe and the failure to find adequate solutions.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-03-05

This is why you dont need this 3rd tear of Government, they wont be acting in your interest and their i PC views are very costly on the tax payer and damage the countries social fabric.

All I can say is I'm glad that the UK is an island,it does make it that harder to get there.

I ask the question how many refugees have the Arab countries taken in.

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I ask the question how many refugees have the Arab countries taken in.

Please do not be slanderous, they have taken at least a few dozens already, maybe even more! Pfff

on the tent they have written "open the borders"

on the opposite side it should be written

" GO HOME! "

All I can say is I'm glad that the UK is an island,it does make it that harder to get there.

Rather the French, Belgians, and Dutch keeping a tight rain on their sea-borders. The Channel is much narrower than both the Aegeis and the Mediterranean, which apparently are no obstacles.

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on the tent they have written "open the borders"

on the opposite side it should be written

" GO HOME! "

yeah i was quite surprized by that because most English people cant spell it properly. but then maybe they are just boarding on the border?

i have to wonder tho, why dont all these oppressed muslims nip in to friendly neighboring countries where its warm and desolate, just like where they came from. why walk halfway round the world to live in a freezing cold expensive nanny state?

i have to wonder tho, why dont all these oppressed muslims nip in to friendly neighboring countries where its warm and desolate, just like where they came from. why walk halfway round the world to live in a freezing cold expensive nanny state?

Because everything is FREE.