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Some 4,000 Migrants Arrive in Serbia After Crossing Into Macedonia

© AP Photo / Boris GrdanoskiA migrant, hiding under a train, tries to sneak on a train towards Serbia, at the railway station in the southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. Over 1,000 migrants from Middle East, Asia and Africa, enter Macedonia daily from Greece, heading north through the Balkans on their way to the more prosperous European Union countries
A migrant, hiding under a train, tries to sneak on a train towards Serbia, at the railway station in the southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. Over 1,000 migrants from Middle East, Asia and Africa, enter Macedonia daily from Greece, heading north through the Balkans on their way to the more prosperous European Union countries - Sputnik International
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Some 4,000 migrants, who crossed the border from Greece to Macedonia, arrived in Serbia on Sunday heading toward western Europe, local media reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – On Saturday, several thousands of migrants stranded for days on Greece's border with Macedonia broke through police lines and entered the Balkan nation.

A migrant covers his face to avoid inhaling tear gas while others flee, as Macedonian police special forces block them from entering Macedonia on Greece's, near the village of Idomeni, Greece, August 22, 2015. - Sputnik International
Migrants Break Through Macedonian Border, Police Use Stun Grenades
At least 2,000 people arrived at a migrant reception center in the Serbian southern town of Presevo Sunday morning, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) reported. Another 2,000 reached the nearby village of Miratovac, the broadcaster added.

According to the RTS, the migrants get the papers at the reception center and then board buses to Belgrade.

It is expected that all the migrants, crossing from Greece to Macedonia, will head north toward western EU countries, the broadcaster said.

The situation in Macedonia's south escalated after the number of migrants at its border with Greece, mostly from Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, had reached about 5,000.

On Thursday, Macedonia declared a state of emergence on the borders to cope with the influx of migrants. The day after, police used stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas against the migrants, trying to enter the country from Greece.

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