thousands of migrants race to catch the last trains into backdoor of Europe
Scores of desperate migrants from the Middle East and North Africa have been pictured sitting on railway tracks in Macedonia – a country that is fast becoming a hub for illegal migration into Europe from all over the world.
Waiting for trains that will continue their journey through Serbia and Hungary on to wealthier western European nations like Germany and France, the migrants were photographed at a train station in the town of Gevgelija, on the Macedonian-Greek border.
Vast queues are seen at the station’s ticket office, where the migrants use the few Macedonian denars and euros they have to their name to purchase tickets for the overcrowded trains, where men, women and children stand for hours in claustrophobic cabins and aisles.
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