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Austria, FYROM, Serbia, Slovenia and Croatia seal their borders

Authorities of Austria, FYROM, Serbia and Croatia have agreed to limit the flow of immigrants to about 580 people per day

Newsroom February 26 03:27

Dramatic developments are recorded in refugee issue with the countries of Western Balkan route closing their borders, while 25,000 refugees and immigrants are already trapped in Greece.

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Specifically, Slovenian police announced that authorities of Austria, FYROM, Serbia and Croatia have agreed to limit the flow of immigrants to about 580 people per day.

The police chiefs are “obliged to limit the daily flow of immigrants through the Western Balkan countries to a number that gives them the possibility to check each immigrant in accordance with the Schengen rules,” police said in today’s statement.

Meanwhile, the situation in Idomeni, northern Greece is chaotic since FYROM has not opened the neutral zone, while women carrying their children are asking authorities when they will be able to enter the country.

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