Calls for Greece to declare state of emergency: 20,000 invaders are waiting to cross into Macedonia
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Editor's note: Here is a nice piece of propaganda by Daily Mail:Daily Mail are showing mostly children in the video, despite the fact that the "migrants" crossing into Europe are mostly men. According to the UNHCR at least 72% of the migrants are men.
The figure might be considerably higher, considering that no one actually is counting and know one knows how many have been pouring into Europe just last year.
According to predictions, this coming spring and summer, as many as ten million might be trying to make their way to Europe. While Gulf countries and neighboring countries such as Israel refuse to accept Syrian migrants.
In reality, it is not big eyed children that are prying up the borders, it's these guys:
"Open or Die"
"Open AND Die" would perhaps be a better slogan.
Europe can't survive without this level of enrichment:
Here is the report from the Daily Mail:
The Greek government has been called to declare a state of emergency at the border where thousands of migrants are stranded due to the tightened border restrictions by Macedonia.
60 per cent of the migrants in Greece are stuck in Idomeni, with around 14,000 people in the town and a further 7,000 housed in refugee camps around the region.
'It's a huge humanitarian crisis. I have asked the government to declare the area in a state of emergency,' Apostolos Tzitzikostas, governor of the Greek region of Central Macedonia said.
Next door Macedonia has stopped all but a trickle of Iraqi and Syrian refugees from crossing, following similar restrictions by countries further north on the migration route.
The moves have caused a massive bottleneck in Greece, whose close proximity to the Turkish coast has made it the preferred entry point for refugees and other migrants seeking better lives in Europe.
Greek authorities said only about 180 people crossed the border in the past 24 hours.
'The former Yugoslav republic needs to open immediately to borders and the European Union needs to implement severe action against the countries that are closing borders today, whether they are members of the European Union or candidate members,' Tzitzikostas said.
The regional Greek governor has declared Macedonia's decision to close the border as 'unacceptable.'
The governor said the region needed the emergency measures so that regional authorities can obtain the necessary emergency supplies and food to support the refugees
He also called on the government to provide a comprehensive plan on how to handle the migration crisis.
The refugee camp at Idomeni has a capacity of about 2,000 which has dramatically overflowed, with new arrivals daily setting up small tents along the railway tracks next to the camp.
Hundreds of new arrivals have turned up, walking more than 10 miles from a nearby gas station where an impromptu camp has been set up.
Greek authorities have been trying to discourage more people from arriving but many prefer to wait at the border than in other refugee camps set up nearby.
The European Union and Turkey is set to hold a summit on Monday to discuss the refugee crisis which has severely strained relations among EU countries.
'We are expecting Turkey to start finally doing what it should be doing for months now and we also expect our European partners to start receiving refugees in their countries,' the governor said. 'There needs to be a proportional distribution between the countries.'
The news comes as President Erdogan said Turkey was interested in building a new city in northern Syria to house some of the millions of refugees escaping the country's civil war.
Speaking on Friday, the Turkish President revealed that the new city would be located near the Turkish border and confirmed he had even discussed the idea with President Obama.
'I am going to tell you something. What is the formula? We found a city in the north of Syria,' said Erdogan, quoted by the Anatolia news agency.
He said that the city would be 4,500 square kilometres in area and its infrastructure could be built in cooperation with the international community.
Refugees from Syria could be 'resettled' there, he said. Such an area would make the city comparable to some of the largest urban centres in the United States.
'We have discussed this with Mr Obama and even set the coordinates but it has not yet come to fruition,' said Erdogan. He gave no timescale for how the project could be realised.
Turkey has repeatedly sought to persuade its Western allies to help create a so-called safe zone inside Syria that could house Syrian refugees.
But this appears to be the first time that Erdogan has proposed building a permanent city in which they could be housed.
Turkey is currently home to an estimated 2.7 million Syria refugees who fled the five year civil war and has complained of the lack of international support in looking after them.
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