Macedonia Border News Today

Unroll the sleeping bags. much needed rest for another day of kitchen duty on the front line of europes refugee crisis. atika schubert on the greece macedonia border. >> heart warming stuff to see. and a celebration for catholics around the world. thousands are gathering for mass. >> pope francis is officially kicking off the extraordinary jubilee of mercy. its a holy year for the catholic church. the last time it happened was in 2000. delia gallagher is covering the celebrations for us and join...

Fuel-driven fire because theres so much of it. the good news, michaela, it is slowing down a little bit. >> our hearts go out to the families dealing with such massive, massive loss. thanks for that look, dan. desperate situation unfolding in europe, the migrant crisis escalating overnight. 34 people were killed when a migrant boat capsized off the coast of greece. the death toll, were told, includes many children. we begin with cnns ivan watson at the greece/macedonia border. ivan? >> reporte...

Facilitating swift transfer of migrants across the greek border with macedonia, where i am right now, some three hours by road to the serbian border. this really has become a transit country, much as serbia has become one as well. whats striking is the number of people passing through. according to the united nations high commission for refugees, more than 4,600 migrants and refugees have passed the greek macedonian border offer the course of the last 17 hours, george. they are met by u.n. h.c.r...

Story for us on the greek macedonian border. ivan, good to have you with us. so macedonia is described as a transit stop for many. its not where people really stop to seek asylum. very few do that. can you explain why thats the case? >> it seems from all the refugees and migrants that ive talked to that their end destination is either germany or sweden. nobody ive talked to say they want to stay here in macedonia or later in serbia which is another stop on this unofficial migrant trail into cent...

Construction of a barbed wire fence along its southern porder -- border with serbia. it is over 100 miles long. human rights workers though fear it will create a log jam of people on the serbian side of the border. and hundreds try to get through to the macedonia border. most plan to continue on toward austria and germany. >> im going to continue my study. im an engineer, so im going to continue studying and im seeking better life in europe, but actually everyone here is excited about europe. yo...

Terrifying for them. >> reporter: all right. that is one of the organizers that you heard right there. as you can see, the marchers are coming in right behind us now. this rally is just getting under way. the facebook page had a response of 90,000 people saying they would come out here to march. organizers arent expecting that many but a wave of support is coming as you can see. they are planning to march down to the parliament and make their voices heard later today. >> thank you. we will check...

Baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake said its over civil issues and not an acknowledgment of any wrongdoing by police. all six officers pleaded not guilty to charges. developing now, more on that disturbing video of what appears to be migrants on the greek/macedonia border being beaten by police. well get a live update for you from on the ground of another tense confrontation between authorities and the thousands of people -- tens of thousands who are seeking refuge. call angief i needed w...

Although thousands of refugee families have reached the countries where they plan to seek asylum, its important to recognize their excruciating journey to get to that point. she has climbed into the same fishing boats these refugees have taken across the mediterranean. she has boarded those crowded trade cars. she traveled from turkey through macedonia, serbia and hungary. along the way, she filed this reporters notebook. >> reporter: at the macedonia border, four days spent under the rain after...

Other. this woman got her son across, b but she was pushed back. hes gone, i cant see him, she sobs. shes not alone in her soul wrenching agony. their hardships were supposed to end in europe. instead along this border, echoes of misery too profound for words. arwa damon, cnn on the greece/macedonia border. >> i just cannot imagine what its like for all those people. shifting gears her real quickly, a cnn investigation is discovering a disturbing mortality rate at a hospital. how that hospital...

Other refugees decide to make a run for it, bottling through any opening they find, as macedonian police launch this. in the chaos, families lose each other. this woman got her son across but she was pushed back. hes gone. i dont know. i cant see him she sobs. shes not alone in her soul-wrenching agony. echoes of misery too profound for words. cnn on the greece macedonia border. and the italian navy is also working to rescue 3,000 migrants in the mediterranean sea. the italian coast guard says...