ABU DHABI/WAM H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the ...
Read More »Smuggling rife as refugees cross closed Balkan route
Tabanovce, Macedonia / AFP Mohamad Jomaa breathlessly recounts his covert journey from Greece to Macedonia: a 10-day trek through the mountains, getting robbed by local “mafia†and handing over costly bribes to police. While the so-called “Balkan route†is now officially closed to migrants, hundreds are still finding ways to cross it every day—whether furtively by foot or in ...
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