European migrant crisis

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Serbia closes its southern border with Macedonia to migrants from countries not effected by war as part of measures to prevent illegal immigration.

[TheWorldNewsOrg]

Hungary is to hold a referendum on whether to accept mandatory EU quotas for relocating migrants. 

[Γιαννης Διαμαντιδης]

Austria suspends Schengen agreement, steps up border control, tells EU to sort out migrant crisis

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Greece recalls its ambassador to Austria in response to Austria's hosting of a meeting with Balkan states to discuss the European migrant crisis, to which Greece was not invited. Greece's foreign ministry called the move an "unfriendly act". More than 100,000 migrants have entered the EU illegally so far in 2016, nearly all of them arriving in Greece.

[Por Lo Visto]

RAW: Drone buzzes over thousands of refugees stranded at Greek border

A regional Greek governor has urged Athens to declare a state of emergency at the Idomeni crossing on the border with Macedonia, where thousands of migrants are stranded. The former Yugoslav Republic allows only small groups of asylum seekers across.

[TheWorldNewsOrg]

Macedonia says it will no longer let any migrants through its southern border with Greece, effectively blocking the Balkan route for migrants. The decision came after Slovenia barred access to migrants transiting the country. There are around 13,000 migrants now stranded at the Macedonia-Greece border.