Article J6YA Migrants overwhelm security forces at Macedonia border

Migrants overwhelm security forces at Macedonia border

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Reuters in Gevgelija
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Riot police remain but fail to slow passage of migrants crossing from Greece on way through Balkans to western Europe

Hundreds of migrants have crossed unhindered from Greece into Macedonia after overwhelmed security forces appeared to abandon a bid to stem their flow through the Balkans to western Europe following days of chaos and confrontation.

Riot police remained, but did little to slow the passage of a steady flow of migrants on Sunday, many of them refugees from the Syrian war and other conflicts in the Middle East, a Reuters reporter at the scene said.

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