Desperate migrants try to HANG themselves in Athens square...



Two desperate men yesterday attempted to hang themselves in a square in the centre of Athens as frustrations grew with border closures


Greek officials estimate 20,000 migrants have been stranded there after neighbouring Macedonia abruptly shut its border on Monday to anyone not Syrian or Iraqi

At a makeshift migrant camp in one of the capital’s suburbs, hundreds queued for food.

Greek officials estimate 20,000 migrants have been stranded there after neighbouring Macedonia abruptly shut its border on Monday to anyone not Syrian or Iraqi.


With all migrant centres full, Greek authorities have started using stadiums as temporary accommodation.

The UN’s refugee agency yesterday announced it is looking to lease entire hotels with hundreds of rooms for at least nine months.

More than 800,000 people last year arrived from Turkey on the Greek islands, where they got boats to Athens and then headed to the Balkans and continued their journeys up through Europe.

More details on Mail Online

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