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Unroll the sleeping bags. much needed rest for another day of kitchen duty on the front line of europe's 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. it's a holy year for the catholic church. the last time it happened was in 2000. delia gallagher is covering the celebrations for us and joins us now on the phone. they're always fascinating to watch, but the pope has made a move to allow ...

Fuel-driven fire because there's 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, we're told, includes many children. we begin with cnn's ivan watson at the greece/macedonia border. ivan? >> reporter: michaela, that's right. this is a train, the next leg of the journey for many migrants and ref...

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. what's 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. officials swl macedonian border guards. they are brought to a transit center, given water and foo...

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. it's not where people really stop to seek asylum. very few do that. can you explain why that's the case? >> it seems from all the refugees and migrants that i've talked to that their end destination is either germany or sweden. nobody i've talked to say they want to stay here in macedonia or later in serbia which is another stop on this unofficial migrant trail into central europe or into hungary for that matter. these are all kind of viewed by the migrants as tran...

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. >> i'm going to continue my study. i'm an engineer, so i'm going to continue studying and i'm seeking better life in europe, but actually everyone here is excited about europe. you know, it's better life, better people. and you have rights. in our country, you don't have