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Tear gas appears to be fired from the Greek side to push migrants away from the border, as hundreds are blocked at the Turkish border with Greece. They now hope they can cross into the EU member state after Ankara said it would no longer prevent refugees from crossing into Europe following the death of 33 Turkish troops in northern Syria. IMAGES
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that the EU chiefs will visit the Greek border on Tuesday the 3rd of March over the migrant crisis. IMAGES
The European Union will provide Greece "all the necessary operational support" to help tackle the migration surge from neighbouring Turkey, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says. The EU dispatched its highest officials to Turkey and Greece amid concern over a fresh migrant crisis and allegations that Ankara was trying to "blackmail" the bloc by opening its borders to thousands of refugees seeking to flee to Europe. IMAGES
Around 2,000 people including women and children arrived at the Turkish border this morning from Istanbul and walked through a field towards the Pazarkule border gate, an AFP correspondent said. The group included Afghans, Syrians and Iraqis. Thousands who were already at the border had spent the night in very cold temperatures and lit fires to warm themselves up, the correspondent added. Greece says it has blocked nearly 10,000 migrants trying to enter from the Turkey border over the past 24 hours. IMAGES
Macedonian police fire tear gas at migrants who were trying to pull down barbed wire from the border fence at the Idomeni in protest. Thousands of migrants have found themselves stranded in squalid conditions at the border between Macedonia and Greece after Macedonia and other Balkan states denied them passage to Germany and other destinations in northern Europe. IMAGES
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