Macedonia declares crisis situation in two border regions due to increased flow of refugees

Macedonian Government decided to declare the border regions of Gevgelija in the south and Kumanovo in the north as crisis regions, and announced that this opens way for the Army to join in and help manage to unprecedented flow of refugees from the Middle East, pouring in from Greece.

Interior Ministry spokesman Ivo Kotevski informed on Thursday that the decision was made after the increased volume of refugees coming along the so-called Balkan migration corridor led to the conclusion that the country needs to implement a more efficient and increased control on the two border regions.