The Greek transport industry has suffered great losses due to the occupation of the railway tracks at Idomeni by refugees and illegal migrants in northern Greece, according to the industry’s representative. Speaking to Skai TV, Anastasios Sechperidis expressed his outrage against the whole situation saying many transport company owners are forced to offer their drivers mandatory leaves to avoid cutting their wages or laying them off permanently. The railways tracks have been closed for 32 days, after refugees and illegal migrants, egged on by NGG solidarity groups, set up their tents in protest against the closed borders between Greece and FYROM. Police managed to briefly fee the tracks before the refugees and illegal migrants returned. ‘It has cost us 800,000 Euros and we have lost all credibility to our clients abroad’, complained Sechperidis. He went on to accuse Alternate Minister for Public Order and Citizen Protection Nikos Toskas of not keeping his promise that the tracks would open. There are 282 train wagons full of products waiting in Greece due the occupation.