Greece begins moving migrants from Idomeni camp
Greece has begun evacuating thousands of stranded migrants from the makeshift Idomeni camp on its northern border with Skopje.
The operation began at dawn and witnesses reported police vehicles and buses standing by to transfer people to better organised facilities.
Riot police have been deployed but officials say force will not be used.
The camp sprang up in February after border closures in Skopje left more than 8,000 people stranded there.
The migrants, mostly from conflict zones in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, have refused to move despite having to sleep in tents in very difficult conditions.
They have largely ignored appeals by Greek authorities to move to organised camps set up around Greece because they say it would move them further away from the border.
Police prevented journalists entering the camp on Tuesday (24/05/2016) morning but buses carrying police units were seen going in while a police helicopter monitored the operation.
Giorgos Christides, a journalist at the camp for the German magazine Der Spiegel, told the BBC that police were determined to clear one part of the camp on Tuesday.
They are planning to complete the operation within 10 days, he added.
Source: bbc.com
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