Surreal we visit a theme park with a dark political message we begin in macedonia, thousands dropped in a town on the boarder between greece and macedonia, many fleeing the war in syria, some from other parts of the world, and looking for better opportunities. Jonah hull is there on the greek side of the border. Theres no indication whether anyone will be let in. There was one point where a few hundred, Vulnerable People were allowed to pass through. Let me show you the area where the bottle neck formed. And the railway line between greece on that side and macedonia. Now the border is marked by racer wire. Holding these people back, as they arrived en route more and more people by the hour making their way up, hoping to go through macedonia, and on into the end zone of the european union. Ill tell you theres a shift apping as we speak on the ground. Large numbers of syrians gathered and moved back. Well turn the camera around. A large crowd of people. These are exclusively syrians. The
Widespread reform. Yes, ive been around quite a bit, its surreal and not for children. We visit the theme park with a political message. We begin in macedonia, where police used stun grenades on thousands of refugees dropped on the border with greece. For a second day police blocked them from crossing over. Well cross to our correspondent jonah hull, on the greek side of the border. You are not terribly far from the border of macedonia. What can you tell us. The chaos is happening on the greek side of the border, they want to get across to the macedonian side of the border, but have been prevented from doing so. In the last five minutes or so, there has been five or six explosions of percussion grenades and tear gas. There was another in the distance as police controlled a chaotic situation. 100 metres up the track there, and 300400 out into the fields. A lot of these people have been on a staggering journey to get here. Afghanistan, iraq, most of them wanting to get to germany. They a
South sue didnts president is expected to sign a peace deal ending a twoyear civil war. Thousands have been killed and over 2 Million People forced to leave them homes in fear of their lives, the president there is under heavy International Fresh to you sign the deal. The u. N. Security council is pled threatening immediate sanctions if he doesnt put pen to paper. Gabriel elizondo reports. Reporter if south sudans president backs out of the peace deal, the United Nations says it will act and do so quickly. That was the message from the u. N. Security council. They expressed their inning to ac. [ inaudible ] to act immey if he does not sign the agreement tomorrow as he had undertaken. The u. S. Draft a u. N. Security Council Resolution calling to targeted sanks and an arms embargo if he does not sign the peace deal. But there could be disagreements within the council over the proposed u. S. Initiative. And diplomats say any action to the resolution would require further negotiations whi
Murderers. Accusations of fraud lead to protests in Argentina Police in hungry fired tear gas after unrest flared at a Reception Center for refugees. They are considering whether to call in the army to secure the border. Thousands are crossing into the country from serbia, despite the construction of a barbed wiren fence to keep them out. We here from the unfcr in a moment. First, a report on the desperate journey of thousands as they head north. Reporter by the day numbers are harder to digest. Here in the onestop center, an entrance to serbia from macedonia, more than 10,000 passed through in less than five days. Further up the line at serbias border with hungary, an e. U. Member state, more than 2,000 a day are arriving. The number registered in hungary this year passed 100,000, compared with 43,000 in the whole of last year. The numbers are staggering. So, too, is the inability of the European Union to come up with a coherent strategy in sharing the responsibility of helping refuge
Championships. Hungary is the latest european country to see scenes of desperation and chaos at its borders. Overstretched police fired tear gas in an effort to restore order at a refugee processing center. So far, hungarys response to the crisis has involved barbed wire, mounted police and docks. It is now sending 2,000 extra officers to help control the situation and is considering using the army. Hungarian police say every day, more than 2,000 refugees arrive in the country and so far this were, hungary has registered 100,000 refugees top compare that to the whole of 2014, it was 23,000. The country is building a raise door wire fence at the border with syria. We have a report on the desperate journey of thousands of refugees as they head north. By the day, the numbers are hard tore digest. Here in whats called the one stop center, an entrance to serbia from macedonia, more than 10,000 people have passed through in less than five days. Further up the line at serbias border with hung