"Everyone here is trying to get a smuggler and move from here, by plane or by walking, or anything else." Instead, dozens of tents have sprung up at gas station in the town of Evzoni, some six 6 km (4 miles) away, and dozens more were being pitched in a grassy field nearby.ĭiar, an 18-year-old Syrian, said he woke up on Thursday to Greek police asking him to get on a bus to an official camp, so he made his own way out of there instead. The Idomeni camp was nearly empty on Thursday but only about 2,400 people have been relocated to state-run facilities, according to police. But they got stranded in Greece after borders closed down across the Balkans. More than 8,000 people, mostly Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans, had been living there, hoping to reach northern Europe like the nearly a million migrants and refugees before them. IDOMENI/EVZONI, Greece, May 26 (Reuters) - They packed up their belongings and began to walk, some heading for the fields, others to a gas station, all seeking to avoid going to state-run Greek migrant camps where they fear they will end up trapped.įor months they had been living in Idomeni, a sprawling expanse of tents on Greece's northern border with Macedonia and a symbol of human misery until police and bulldozers began clearing it on Tuesday. The Idomeni camp was nearly empty on Thursday but only about 2,400 people have been relocated to state-run facilities, police say
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