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Migrants stranded in the Balkans

Migrants and refugees wave their Greek registration papers at the border with Macedonia where only certain nationalities were being allowed to cross. Dimitris Tosidis/IRIN
Tensions are running high at the Greek-Macedonian border where thousands of migrants and refugees have been stranded for the past two days.

Macedonian authorities are only allowing refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to cross the border, in the wake of similar restrictions imposed by Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. 

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