Migrants | In Gevgelija, at the Macedonian-Greek border

In Gevgelija, at the Macedonian-Greek border, there’s a transit camp for migrants where after a first documents check people travelling to Europe can have some assistance, such as clean clothes and food. From here, the travel continues toward Tabanovce, in the north of the country at the border with Serbia, where there’s another transit camp.
 
Roberto Mannai, COSV coordinator for the Balkans, together with the colleagues from COSV Macedonia, visited Gevgelija camp and met some of the 400 migrants waiting to move to Tabanovce. The number of people hosted at the camp is at the moment lower than expected, estimated at 3000 people, probably due to the sea conditions that hindered movements from Turkey to Greece.
 
The migrants’ situation in Macedonia, and more generally in the Balkans, is confused mostly because of the continuous changes applied by the governments of involved countries in access and transit regulations. This lack of regulations forces migrants to change their route, making it difficult for NGOs active on field to structure supporting actions.