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Photo Feature: On the migration road in Macedonia

A group of Afghan refugees walk through the buffer zone at the Greek/Macedonian border Alberto Campi/IRIN
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    The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, a country of just two million inhabitants, has become a major thoroughfare for migrants and asylum-seekers intent on reaching northern Europe and avoiding the deadly sea crossing from Libya to Italy. But the route through Macedonia has many dangers of its own.

    Following the railway from the Greek border, they must travel on foot for 200 kilometres to the border with Serbia. The hazards along the way include criminal gangs, speeding trains, police beatings, detention and kidnapping.

    Click here to view a new multimedia feature, the third part of IRIN’s series following the increasingly popular Western Balkans migration route.


     
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