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Migrants Clash With Police in Macedonia

On April 10, 2016, dozens of people were injured when the police fired tear gas onto a group of migrants trying to break through a fence on the Greece-Macedonia border.

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A man runs with a baby to the emergency services after Macedonian police threw tear gas inside the makeshift camp during clashes nearby in the northern Greek border village of Idomeni. The Idomeni border crossing into northern Greece is a flashpoint where more than 11,200 people have been stranded after Balkan states closed off the migrant route in mid-February.

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Macedonian police officers stand guard and protect themselves from thrown stones.

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Refugees and migrants clash with Macedonian soldiers near their makeshift camp.

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A family with toothpaste smeared over their faces as a protection against tear gas moves to safety.

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Clashes continue during a protest for the reopening of the border.

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An injured man being carried during the conflict.

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A woman, her entire face covered in toothpaste, coughs from the fumes.

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