Migrant mother forced to bath her baby in a puddle as crisis
grips overcrowded refugee camp
Shocking images show the appalling conditions more than
14,000 migrants are facing at a camp near the village of Idomeni on the
Greek-Macedonian border
Harrowing pictures show a migrant mother forced to bath her
baby in a puddle as refugees face appalling conditions in an overcrowded camp
on the Greek-Macedonian border.
More than 14,000 migrants are crammed into a camp near the
village of Idomeni as Balkan countries continue to seal their borders to stop
refugee families progressing further into Europe.
There have also been outbreaks of violence in the camp as aid
organisations try to distribute medical supplies and food.
Greek officials have ruled out using force to remove
migrants as conditions inside the camp become increasingly desperate.
Nikos Toskas, a deputy minister for public order, said:
"We have to persuade them (to move) and we can't do that using tear gas.
Half the people there are women and children.
Macedonia closed its borders to all migrants and refugees
this week after several Balkan countries and Austria began imposing
restrictions in February.
The president of Macedonia has defended the decision, saying
his country would have been 'flooded with jihadists' if it had accepted more
refugees.
He said: "If we had trusted Brussels and had not
reacted on our own initiative, we would already have been flooded with
jihadists."
The move has attracted criticism from a number of leading
European politicians, including German Chancellor
Magir Asfour, who fled fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo,
said: "Our tent is wet. We didn't sleep last night. It flooded.
"I'm carrying wood in the morning and my wife is
waiting two hours in the rain to get a couple of sandwiches and an orange for
my child."
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